On 8/28/07, Scott McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a CentOS specific question, although I am running grep on CentOS 4.3 > but how would you grep out a series of lines in a file starting at a > specific point. For instance, if I have a file named foo and I want to > grep out the next 5 lines after the first and only instance of the > string "bar" how could I pull that off? Thanks so much.
'grep -A 5 bar foo' should do the trick. From the grep manpage -> -A NUM, --after-context=NUM Print NUM lines of trailing context after matching lines. Places a line containing -- between contiguous groups of matches. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos