[CentOS] Grep: show me this line and the next N lines?

Pintér Tibor tibyke at tibyke.hu
Mon May 30 21:13:56 UTC 2011


On 05/30/2011 11:08 PM, 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

hint: A

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