28 Aug
2007
28 Aug
'07
4:23 p.m.
Scott McClanahan wrote:
grep out the next 5 lines after the first and only instance
The scope of grep's view of the world is a single line. At any one time, it knows nothing more.
If you need to deal with multiple lines, I suggest perl. Untested code:
#!/usr/bin/perl while (<>) { if (m/bar/) { for ($i = 0; $i < 5 and defined($_); ++$i) { print; $_ = <>; } last; } }