>If the line counts are constant you could do the reverse: > >grep -B 3 "\(E:\|D:\)" input.txt | grep Shadow
Now that's cool, each case has to be separate so grep -B 3 "D:" input.txt or even the actual volume string for certainties sake is the ticket! Thanks Nate and Bill! jlc _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
