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# 1  
Old 09-29-2009
MySQL 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!
# 2  
Old 09-29-2009
Something like this?

Code:
awk '/Good/{c=5;next}c && c-- > 0' file

# 3  
Old 09-29-2009
or may be sed...
Code:
sed -n '/Good/{g;N;N;N;N;N
p
}' filename

# 4  
Old 09-29-2009
just a little modification to Franklin code:

Code:
awk '/Good/{c=4;next} c-->0 ' file1.txt

Thanks to Franklin

regards,
Sanjay
# 5  
Old 09-29-2009
If you are using GNU sed,

Code:
$sed -n '/Good/,+5p' filename
Good
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2
3
4
5

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