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Summary: feature request: grep -p[separator]
Project: grep
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Sat 09/24/05 at 12:03
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
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Details:
I was shocked to find that GNU grep doesn't support the -p option available
on AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and possibly other platforms. With this option grep
displays the paragraph containing each matching line. Paragraphs are
delimited by a separator, which follows the same formatting as a search
pattern. The default separator is a blank line.
While using grep on other platforms, I've found this option to be quite
handy. On my GNU/Linux laptop, I immediately reached for it like this:
# ifconfig | grep -p eth0
But it wasn't there. Could this be added?
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