GNU bug report logs - #22286
Similar to the google way of showing grep result

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 01:52:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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bug#22286; Package grep. (Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:52:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-grep <at> gnu.org. (Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:52:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Similar to the google way of showing grep result
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 04:56:42 -0600

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Grep by default show match result by lines. But in certain cases it would
be better to should show the context of the matches just like in google so
that users can easily check if a document is relevant or not. Is there any
tool like this?

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Regards,
Peng



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Regards,
Peng

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bug#22286; Package grep. (Sat, 02 Jan 2016 06:15:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22286 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22286: Similar to the google way of showing grep result
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 01:14:41 -0500

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On 01 Jan 2016 04:56, Peng Yu wrote:
> Grep by default show match result by lines. But in certain cases it would
> be better to should show the context of the matches just like in google so
> that users can easily check if a document is relevant or not. Is there any
> tool like this?

sounds like you want the -A/-B/-C flags ?
-mike

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Reply sent to Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>:
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Notification sent to Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 11 Apr 2016 04:51:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 22286-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22286: Similar to the google way of showing grep result
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:50:50 -0700

No further comment, so I'm closing the bug report.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 09 May 2016 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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