Ralph Shumaker wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > > > > -C NUM, --context=NUM > > Print NUM lines of output context. Places a line > >containing -- between contiguous > > groups of matches. > > That's cool, but in a four stage pipe it would be necessary to include > that switch four times. Still, it's something to consider. Thanks.
alias cgrep='grep --context=4' cgrep aba /tmp/file | cgrep bcb | cgrep cdc | cgrep ded Modify the cgrep alias to suit whatever other flags you need, such as -i If you are using sh or bash: o="--context=4 -i" grep $o aba /tmp/file | grep $o bcb | grep $0 cdc | grep $o ded for zsh: o=(--context=4 -i) grep $o aba /tmp/file | grep $o bcb | grep $0 cdc | grep $o ded -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
