Using this:
grep -A1 -B1 "test_pattern" file
will produce one line before and after the matched pattern in the file. Is there a way to display not lines but a specified number of characters?
The lines in my file are pretty big so I am not interested in printing the entire line but rather only observe the match in context. Any suggestions on how to do this?
Best Answer
3 characters before and 4 characters after