I think your basic logic is overkill and prone to initial bugs, or maintenance bugs, because you're reading in two places, and testing in two places, and generally saying things twice. That's always a bad sign. Just do this: 
$n = 0;
while (<>) {
  $n = 7 if /$pattern/; # start printing
  if ($n) { print; $n-- } # print if within
  $n = 0 if eof; # don't leak across file boundaries
}

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In reply to •Re: Grep - print matched line and next N lines by merlyn
in thread Grep - print matched line and next N lines by runrig

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