On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Nicholas Sushkin <nsush...@openfinance.com> wrote: > I agree with Stu, > > I wanted to see the first match of an Error in its context, so I used grep > -E Error -m 1 -C 10. > Grep didn't show the context after the match because there was another > match for Error right after the first. > I'd like to have an option to see the full context whether it has matches > or not. > > ps. This is actually bug #28588 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?28588
I am coming around... I think we may have been too hasty in making this behavior the default. While I see how the current default can be useful, that usage feels like it would be far less common than the usage/expectation that provokes surprising (and likely to provoke malfunction) behavior. What do you think, Paul? Switch the default and add an option for the current-default `--max-count=N`-trumps-`--context=N` behavior?
