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Nice @giles, but why would grep suffer if the number of lines changes?

terdon
– terdon ♦

2012-08-26 13:25:47 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2012 at 13:25
@terdon The grep method only works if all the matching sections have the same number of lines, because that's the number you need to specify on (-A).

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2012-08-26 14:46:29 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2012 at 14:46
@Giles Ah, ok, of course. I thought you meant it would not work if the number of records was variable. Gotcha.

terdon
– terdon ♦

2012-08-26 14:47:31 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2012 at 14:47

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