Re: printing several lines around match

App::Ack and grep can do that out of the box, just pass -C3 as a command line option to either.

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Re^2: printing several lines around match by auto_w (Novice) on Jun 19, 2012 at 11:40 UTC
i work on Cygwin - loading modules is a problem for me, with grep(grep -airC 5) i know how to do it but not inside of a script thou....	[reply]
Re^3: printing several lines around match by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 19, 2012 at 12:14 UTC
If you are determined to reimplement existing functionality, just keep a queue with the last 5 lines, and print those and the next 5 lines when you find a match. Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply]
Re^3: printing several lines around match by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jun 19, 2012 at 11:43 UTC
auto_w: What problem do you have with loading modules in Cygwin? I use it all the time at work, and rarely have trouble installing modules. ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]