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Created February 6, 2019 08:30
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Search .gz files for a string with lines before and after each occurence
# cd into the right directory
$ find . -name \*.gz -print0 | xargs -0 zgrep -B 35 -A 35 "Search for string"
# -A show number of lines after an occurence
# -B show number of lines before an occurence
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