grep -A (after), -B (before) context without gnu grep (-C too...) :: semicomplete.com

Thu, 28 Oct 2004

grep -A (after), -B (before) context without gnu grep (-C too...)

This essentially does grep -C 5 REGEX $FILE. This was a boredom-induced hack

FILE=foo.log
grep -sn REGEX $FILE | \
awk -F: '{print $1}' | \
xapply -f 'A=$((%1-5)); B=$((%1+5)); echo "-----"; \
   sed -ne "${A},${B}p" '$FILE'; \
   echo "---"' -

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