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- From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
- Subject: Re: Source Wanted for a Multi-line Grep
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.210907.29458@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
- Keywords: grep, source
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- Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
- References: <2751@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:09:07 GMT
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- In article <2751@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM> todd@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Todd Rimmer) writes:
- >I am looking for a multi-line grep. I would like a program
- >which can search a text file for a multi-line string or pattern.
- >I realize I could create a complex sed or awk program, but I am
- >looking for a simple efficient solution.
- >
- >Source should be portable to USL SVR4.0.
-
- Take a look at 'agrep'. It's available from cs.arizona.edu by FTP. It's
- very fast, portable, etc.
-
- John
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