Thanks Tim. When I get it finalized I'll e-mail it to you and post it to
the list.

Tim Ericson wrote:

> You wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a Qedit or Mpex command file that will search
> > for a particular string in a text file, then print or list a
> > pre-selected number of lines before and/or after the line that
> > the string appears on?
>
> Try this one as a starting point:
>
> http://www.denkor.com/hp3000/command_files/Vesoft/search.txt
>
> You could modify it to include some of the options mentioned by
> the other posters...
>
> If you do, please send it back my way, and I'll put it onto the
> 'samples' page, too! -- see the link below.
>
> HTH!
>
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