Maybe you missed my earlier post, or those of others? get gnu grep grep -3 string file this shows 6 lines of context for each hit. Jraed "Vergara, Michael (TEM)" <mvergara@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 02/05/2004 11:52 AM Please respond to oracle-l To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: RE: OT: HP-UX 11/grep No no no... I found the command: SEARCH. It's kinda like grep, but grep will only display the line where the string was found. SEARCH /WINDOW would give you lines optionally before or after the string. THAT's what I'm trying to find... Next? -----Original Message----- From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:54 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: OT: HP-UX 11/grep vi On 02/05/2004 01:42:42 PM, "Vergara, Michael (TEM)" wrote: > Hi Gang...sorry about being kinda OT...but... >=20 > A long time ago, when I used VMS, I could scan a file and see > a set number of lines before and after the line I was looking=3D20 > for. I don't even remember the command nowadays. >=20 > Does anyone know of an analogous command that can be used in the > *NIX environment? >=20 > Thanks, > Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------