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Old 08-17-2008
display (ehco) 5 lines before and after find keyword
I like to display 5 lines before and after find some keywork (i.e. error).

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 08-17-2008
grep -B 5 -A 5 keyword file ? not sure I understand your question.
# 3  
Old 08-17-2008
Thanks for response. It is exactly what I want. Is it possible to have highlight or color code the keyword on output?
# 4  
Old 08-17-2008
try --color=auto

grep -B 5 -A 5 --color=auto keyword file
# 5  
Old 08-17-2008
Cool. You are the men and thank you for help.
# 6  
Old 08-17-2008
hi, below one may put some light on your issue.

Code:
line=`sed -n "/$1/=" file`
echo $line
nawk -v l="$line" '{if(NR>=(l-1) && NR<=(l+1))
print
}' file

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