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

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 05:26, Kenneth Porter <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:08 AM +0300 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Can grep show the matching lines and the next N lines after a match?
>
> If I'm just inspecting a file I use less and the "/" command to search up
> to the next occurrence of a regular expression. Use the "?" command to
> search backwards. See the man page for less for lots more options.
>

Thanks, Kenneth. I am familiar with the VIM keybindingsin less and
man. I need something scriptable though.


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