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Old 10-26-2006
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Depends on the OS. On my mac


Code:
$ grep -B 2 EXEC testfile
this is a test line 3
this is a test line 4
EXEC
--
this is a test line 7
this is a test line 8
EXEC
--
this is a test line 13
this is a test line 14
EXEC

Same with Linux (Mandrake was the test box).

Carl