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   Context Line Control

       -A NUM, --after-context=NUM
              Print  NUM  lines  of  trailing  context  after  matching lines.
              Places  a  line  containing  a  group  separator  (--)   between
              contiguous  groups  of  matches.  With the -o or --only-matching
              option, this has no effect and a warning is given.

       -B NUM, --before-context=NUM
              Print NUM  lines  of  leading  context  before  matching  lines.
              Places   a  line  containing  a  group  separator  (--)  between
              contiguous groups of matches.  With the  -o  or  --only-matching
              option, this has no effect and a warning is given.

       -C NUM, -NUM, --context=NUM
              Print  NUM  lines of output context.  Places a line containing a
              group separator (--) between contiguous groups of matches.  With
              the  -o  or  --only-matching  option,  this  has no effect and a
              warning is given.