Re: How to print the lines immediately above and below a matching line?

in reply to How to print the lines immediately above and below a matching line?

/tmp>grep -C1 halt /etc/passwd
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/:/bin/false
/tmp>ack -C1 halt /etc/passwd
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/:/bin/false
/tmp>
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