Re^5: How to print the lines immediately above and below a matching line?

[roboticus]

I'm not talking about this program specifically, I was simply responding to the "a waste of memory" statement.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm not talking about this program specifically, I was simply responding to the "a waste of memory" statement.

Yes, you were purposefully being obtuse -- sure memory is free and there to be used, but so what? doesn't mean every little program should slurp files for the fun of it to avoid an extra 5 lines of code