Re: Print Lines above and below string

On the command line: grep -n5 "search_string" filename

If you want to use it in your code

my $result = `/usr/bin/grep -n5 "search_string" $file`;
print $result;
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Re^2: Print Lines above and below string by coding_new (Sexton) on Aug 10, 2011 at 15:21 UTC
Thanks for the input, but when I tested out that code, it simply added 5 blank lines before and after my string.	[reply]
Re^3: Print Lines above and below string by duyet (Friar) on Aug 10, 2011 at 15:25 UTC
Sorry i first thought you wanted to print empty lines. Try the "grep" command, as in my updated post	[reply]