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From: iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: cgrep alternatives
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 00:21:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 21 00:21:48 1986
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In article <256@rtech.UUCP> daveb@rtech.UUCP writes:
> A while back a 'cgrep' program was posted.  While I found the idea good
> (I've often wanted context around grep output), it seemed annoying that
> the program required additional arguments to get context, and didn't
> take regular expressions.

     As a matter of fact, I was going (in the very near future) to post
an update which can find the nth occurrence instead of always the 1st,
and which understands ^ and $.  Regular expressions are a bit beyond 
the scope of the project right now.

> Then I remembered the 'context' program posted about 9 months ago, and...
> ...does very nearly just what I want, without having to think about new
> tools and new flags.
> -db

        I don't see how it is possible to get an arbitrary desired context
without telling the program exactly what you want.  But I would be more
than happy to hear about it.  Maybe I will wait to repost cgrep and perhaps
incorporate some of these new ideas.
-- 
If I could walk THAT way....

Dave Iannucci @ St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia [40 00' N 75 15' W]
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