Go to ua terminal window and use the 'cat' command as appropriate to
your shell type. Hope this helps. 8-)

On 6/26/09, Walter Onyango <wakello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> I have several tar files each containing a number of text files in a debian
> box. is it possible to search for a specific string in the files and output
> that line plus two lines before and after that?
>
> Kindly assist.
>
> --
> Wakello
>

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