Package: grep Version: 2.5.4-4 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man1/grep.1.gz X-debbugs-cc: bug-g...@gnu.org
On the man page at: Context Line Control **Please somehow mention at this place on the man page that Context will include blank lines in the fashion below, that one never expected.... mention the algorithm used. Thanks. Also mention how to just get a certain number of context lines, with no introspection about what the content of those lines are.** -A NUM, --after-context=NUM Print NUM lines of trailing context after matching lines. Places a line containing a group separator (--) between contiguous groups of matches. With the -o or --only-matching option, this has no effect and a warning is given. $ w3m -dump http://abj.jidanni.org/|LC_ALL=C grep -A 0 Search Search [Go] [Search] $ w3m -dump http://abj.jidanni.org/|LC_ALL=C grep -A 1 Search Search [Go] [Search] Toolbox $ w3m -dump http://abj.jidanni.org/|LC_ALL=C grep -A 2 Search Search [Go] [Search] Toolbox $ w3m -dump http://abj.jidanni.org/|LC_ALL=C grep -A 3 Search Search [Go] [Search] Toolbox • What links here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org