CentOS - May 2011 - Grep: show me this line and the next N lines?

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!

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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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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 says "-A 5" would give you matching line + 5 more.

Ljubomir

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Can grep show the matching lines and the next N lines after a match?
>
> 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.
>
Try

grep -A 5 pattern filename

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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:08:37AM +0300, Dotan Cohen
wrote:
> 
> Can this be done?
"man grep" - I think you will be surprised when you take a look at it.




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Thanks, all. I did actually look at the grep manpage but after a few
screenfuls it became tl;dr and I started just skimming. I suppose that
I skimmed too fast!

Thanks!

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Dotan Cohen

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--On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:08 AM +0300 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at
gmail.com>
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.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 05:26, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com>
wrote:
> --On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:08 AM +0300 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at
gmail.com>
> 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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