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Old 11-07-2008
CPU & Memory URGENT grep question
I want to grep "abc" from "logyy". I want not only the instance of "abc" to return, but the line just above it as well (no matter what it is).
Smilie
Can some one please assit me to drive on this
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Old 11-07-2008
try : grep -E -B 2 expr file
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Old 11-07-2008
or if you don't have that grep version:

Code:
 awk '/abc/ { print prev; print } { prev = $0 }' logyy

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