Re: Grep -A -m and two following matches

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:56:54AM +0300, Jori Mantysalo wrote:
> address@hidden jori]$ echo -e 'a\nb\nc\nd' | grep -A 1 -m 1 b
> b
> c
> address@hidden jori]$ echo -e 'a\nb\nb\nd' | grep -A 1 -m 1 b
> b
> 
> A bug?

the info page documents this behaviour:

     When `grep' stops after NUM matching lines, it outputs any
     trailing context lines. Since context does not include matching
     lines, `grep' will stop when it encounters another matching line.

So it's a feature!  ;-)

Yours,
        Stepan