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Old 01-21-2008
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If you have GNU grep, then it is possible. From man grep


Code:
       -A NUM, --after-context=NUM
              Print NUM lines  of  trailing  context  after  matching  lines.
              Places  a  line  containing  --  between  contiguous  groups of
              matches.

       -B NUM, --before-context=NUM
              Print  NUM  lines  of  leading  context  before matching lines.
              Places a  line  containing  --  between  contiguous  groups  of
              matches.