grep -n5 ^9 filename
steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Clover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:11 PM
To: redhat
Subject: cat <file>|grep <word>|??? <display 5lines before and after the
grep>
hello,
i have a need for something that will cat a large file, grep it for a
word and have the ability to pull the 5 lines before and after (more
like 3 lines before and 8 lines after) the grep has found the word and
display the results. example:
cat <file>|grep 5|??? 2
<file>
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
</file>
output = 3
4
5 <-- being the greped word and pulling the 2 lines before and
after
6
7
can this be done??
thank you
eric
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