Name

       pegrep — multi-line perl-regexp grep

Syntax

       pegrep pattern file...

Description

       Greps  in  a  set  of files for a given Perl regular expression pattern, spanning multiple
       lines, and shows the result with one line before and after for context.

Examples

            pegrep '}[\s\n]*else[\s\n]*{' $(find . -type f -name "*.cpp")

See also

       hxtools(7), pesubst(1)