how to use "grep" command to find a match and to print followup of 10 lines from the match. this i need to get some error statements from log files. (else need to download use match for log time and then copy the content). Instead of downloading bulk size files i need to run a command to get those number of lines.
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possible duplicate of [grep a file, but show several surrounding lines?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9081/grep-a-file-but-show-several-surrounding-lines). You can't because Solaris has an antique grep, but there are a few alternatives listed here. – msw May 26 '14 at 12:14
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A default install of Solaris 10 or 11 will have the /usr/sfw/bin file tree. Gnu grep - /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep is there. ggrep supports /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep -A 10 [pattern] [file] which does what you want.
Solaris 9 and older may not have it. Or your system may not have been a default install. Check.
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Above solution holds good for file.How do I use "ggrep" on command output? – chetan honnavile Feb 19 '19 at 23:18
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Suppose, you have a file /etc/passwd and want to filter user "chetan"
Please try below command:
cat /etc/passwd | /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep -A 2 'chetan'
It will print the line with letter "chetan" and the next two lines as well.
-- Tested in Solaris 10 --
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Tested on SunOS 5.10 and running the following: ggrep -A 2 'Script ended' *.xml – Nasri Najib Oct 14 '20 at 09:32