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Old 08-26-2010
grep -A 1 "string" filename
Dear all,

can anyone pls provide equivalent of below code for solaris system.?

Code:
grep -A 1 "string" filename

the above command is working for Linux system. but i need same command for Solaris system

thanks
# 2  
Old 08-26-2010
Code:
awk '/string/{print;getline;print}' filename

# 3  
Old 08-26-2010
Code:
# sed -n '/max/{N;p}' infile

# 4  
Old 08-26-2010
To make these solutions also work for a match on the last line:
Code:
sed -n '/string/{$!N;p}' infile

Code:
awk '/string/{print;if(getline)print}' infile

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 08-26-2010 at 03:55 AM..
# 5  
Old 09-01-2010
Hi rdcwayx,

Code:
awk '/string/{print;getline;print}' filename

the above command it not working when we put in cron jobs in solaris server.

pls suggest me alter command for the same.


Thanks Smilie
# 6  
Old 09-01-2010
If your system is solaris, use /usr/bin/nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk
# 7  
Old 09-01-2010
Hi rdcwayx,

pls check the below script is correct?

its not working. pls help !!!!!

Code:
#!/usr/xpg4/bin/awk
tm=`TZ=GMT date +%H`
awk '/^$tm:/{print;getline;print}' af02_alarm_log.31082010  > /tmp/HLR_alarm.txt

i'm grep the string starts with current system time "^$tm:"

---------- Post updated at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:57 AM ----------

can anyone help me on this issue.?

the mentioned script is not working. pls help...!!!

Thanks
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