Print Lines Above and Below a grep Match
Print Lines Above and Below a grep Match
When searching for text in a file using grep
, you may want to see the surrounding lines for context. You can use the -C
option followed by a number to display lines before and after the match. For example, the following command shows two lines above and below the found entry:
grep -C 2 "search_term" filename.txt
This is particularly useful for log analysis, debugging, or reviewing configuration files.