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Created August 23, 2013 10:33
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grep_before_after
# to get matching line and 5 lines before that
grep -B 5 "pattern" file
# to get matching line and 5 lines after that
grep -A 5 "pattern" file
# of course, you can combine -A and -B options together in single command. That's obvious.
# if your -A and -B values are same, you need not specify both the options. use -C instead.
grep -C 5 "pattern" file
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