CONTEXT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 6 June 1985
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NAME

context - find context of lines

SYNOPSIS

context [ nr_of_lines ]

DESCRIPTION

Context finds the context of located text. It accepts for example cc(1) diagnostics as standard input and gives you the context.

OPTIONS

If the optional argument; a number `nr_of_lines' is given, context(1) prints that much context before and after the line in question.

EXAMPLES

% cc foo.c |& context
**************
* "foo.c", line 5: warning: old-fashioned initialization: use =
*****
  
  main() {
        int i;
*       long ix.v;
        
        i = getpid();
        if (ix_v = getchar() == EOF)

**************
* "foo.c", line 5: syntax error
*****
  
  main() {
        int i;
*       long ix.v;
        
        i = getpid();
        if (ix_v = getchar() == EOF)

**************
* "foo.c", line 5: warning: old-fashioned initialization: use =
*****
  
  main() {
        int i;
*       long ix.v;
        
        i = getpid();
        if (ix_v = getchar() == EOF)

**************
* "foo.c", line 5: v undefined
*****
  
  main() {
        int i;
*       long ix.v;
        
        i = getpid();
        if (ix_v = getchar() == EOF)

**************
* "foo.c", line 8: ix_v undefined
*****
        long ix.v;
        
        i = getpid();
*       if (ix_v = getchar() == EOF)
                exit(1);
        exit(0);
  }


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