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Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam / text search query
From: "rob pike, esq." <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 01:07:39 -0400
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this is the easiest way

	,x g/sprintf/ .,/.*msgprint.*\n/ p

it seems easy to me, almost a transcription of what you're asking to do.

if you have multiple sprintfs before msgprint, though, you might
prefer this:

	,x g/msgprint/ ?.*sprintf.*\n?,.p

subtler but maybe more correct; your specification was ambiguous.

-rob