Re: Grep: show me this line and the next N lines?

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office@xxxxxxxx>]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Can grep show the matching lines and the next N lines after a match?
> For instance, I have a config file wit hthe following text:
> [Tag h1]
> foreground=#2e5a03
> underline=double
> indent=0
> weight=PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD
> scale=2.25
> 
> I would ideally grep on "[Tag h1]" and have grep display the match and
> the next 5 lines so that I see all the content of the h1 section.
> 
> Can this be done?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
man grep says "-A 5" would give you matching line + 5 more.

Ljubomir
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