grep replacement (search w/context)

[Jim Hutchison]

I can think of a few nasty ways to do this one, I am hoping to get
a better answer.

A grep with a window of context around it.  A few lines proceeding and
following the pattern I am looking for.  The VMS search command sported
this as an option/qualifier.  I miss it sometimes (not VMS, just a few
of the more wacky utilities, like the editor option for creation of
multi-key data base files :-).

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