GNU bug report logs - #65416
Feature request: include first line of file in output

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Daniel Green <ddgreen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:16:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Daniel Green <ddgreen <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Feature request: include first line of file in output
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:53:02 -0400

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I'm frequently searching CSV files with 20-30 columns, and when there's a
hit it can be hard to know what the columns are. An option to also print
the first line of a file (either always, or only if that file had a match
to the pattern) in addition to any hits would be nice.

Thanks,
Dan

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