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09-29-2009

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display 5 lines from the particular text

Hi All,
please help me to display 5 continious lines from a particular text.

my file is as below.

file1.txt
------

Code:

Good
1
2
3
4
5
luck
1
2
3

I want to diplay 5 lines from the word Good.

I tried the below command

Code:

grep -A5 "Good" file1.txt

I got the below error message

Code:

grep: illegal option -- A
grep: illegal option -- 5
usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] -e pattern_list...
        [-f pattern_file...] [file...]
usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] [-e pattern_list...]
        -f pattern_file... [file...]
usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] pattern [file...]

please help me to over come this issue. Thanks!

Last edited by Franklin52; 09-29-2009 at 07:07 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!

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