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Old 01-23-2012
awk or grep to match # of words before and after pattern
Pipe binary file matches grep results to file
I am using grep to match a pattern, but the output is strange.


Code:
$ grep -r -o "pattern" *

Gives me:

Code:
Binary file foo1 matches
Binary file foo2 matches
Binary file foo3 matches

To find the lines before/after, I then have to use the following on each file:

Code:
$ strings foo1 | grep -A1 -B1 "pattern"

How can I recursively perform this operation with strings? Or, is there an alternative?
Last edited by chipperuga; 01-23-2012 at 03:01 PM..
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Old 01-25-2012
This should handle the recursive 'strings'
Code:
find . -type f | while read f
do
   echo ====$f====
   strings $f | grep -A1 -B1 "pattern"
   echo
done

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