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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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: 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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