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select-string: Capture the specified number of lines before and after the line that matches the pattern.

Select-String

$ Select-String --Context ${2,3} "${search_pattern}" ${path\to\file}

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This command is a PowerShell cmdlet used to search for a specific text pattern within a file.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

Select-String: This is the name of the cmdlet, which is used to search for a specific string or pattern in a text file.
--Context ${2,3}: This is an option that specifies the context of the search results. In this case, the context is set to 2 lines before and 3 lines after the matching line. The numbers inside the curly brackets represent the number of lines to include as context.
"${search_pattern}": This is the search pattern enclosed in double quotes. It represents the text pattern you want to search for in the file.
${path\to\file}: This is the path to the file you want to search in. You need to replace ${path\to\file} with the actual file path.

So, when you run this command with the appropriate values populated, it will search for the specified search_pattern within the given file and display the matching lines along with the specified context lines.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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