Re: Scripting-search for a word

From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 06:42:10 EST


The easiest way (IMHO) is to install and use GNU's grep. It has a -A and -B
option for lines after the searched for string is found....

-> ggrep --help
Usage: ggrep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE] ...
Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.

Regexp selection and interpretation:
  -E, --extended-regexp PATTERN is an extended regular expression
  -F, --fixed-regexp PATTERN is a fixed string separated by newlines
  -G, --basic-regexp PATTERN is a basic regular expression
  -e, --regexp=PATTERN use PATTERN as a regular expression
  -f, --file=FILE obtain PATTERN from FILE
  -i, --ignore-case ignore case distinctions
  -w, --word-regexp force PATTERN to match only whole words
  -x, --line-regexp force PATTERN to match only whole lines

Miscellaneous:
  -s, --no-messages suppress error messages
  -v, --revert-match select non-matching lines
  -V, --version print version information and exit
      --help display this help and exit

Output control:
  -b, --byte-offset print the byte offset with output lines
  -n, --line-number print line number with output lines
  -H, --with-filename print the filename for each match
  -h, --no-filename suppress the prefixing filename on output
  -q, --quiet, --silent suppress all normal output
  -a, --text do not suppress binary output
  -d, --directories=ACTION how to handle directories
                            ACTION is 'read', 'recurse', or 'skip'.
  -r, --recursive equivalent to --directories=recurse.
  -L, --files-without-match only print FILE names containing no match
  -l, --files-with-matches only print FILE names containing matches
  -c, --count only print a count of matching lines per FILE

Context control:
  -B, --before-context=NUM print NUM lines of leading context
  -A, --after-context=NUM print NUM lines of trailing context
  -C, --context[=NUM] print NUM (default 2) lines of output context
                            unless overriden by -A or -B
  -NUM same as --context=NUM
  -U, --binary do not strip CR characters at EOL (MSDOS)
  -u, --unix-byte-offsets report offsets as if CRs were not there (MSDOS)

If no -[GEF], then `egrep' assumes -E, `fgrep' -F, else -G.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. If less than
two FILEs given, assume -h. Exit with 0 if matches, with 1 if none.
Exit with 2 if syntax errors or system errors.

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>

Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kumar, Praveen (cahoot)" <Praveen.Kumar@CAHOOT.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:58 AM
Subject: Scripting-search for a word

> Hi *,
> I want to search for a string in a file say <AIX>, then display
the
> next five lines after this line. Can someone help me doing this...
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> Reg
> Praveen.K
>
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