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.\" Manpage begin.
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.\" Contact mik@elnord.in to correct errors or typos.
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.TH man 1 "4 July 2022" "1.2" "begin man page"
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.SH NAME
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begin \- an output modifier
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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begin [-j|z|h|?] PATTERN [FILE]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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begin is an outputmodifer. It works by searching a file (or std in) for a user supplied pattern and then outputs all lines starting from the first line that matches the pattern. A pattern is a simple textstring or a regular expression as defined by Boost xpressive header only library. Check out http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/doc/html/xpressive/user_s_guide.html for more information on how to build your regular expression.
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.SH OPTIONS
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-h|? Show usage
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-j Decompress FILE using bz2
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-z Decompress FILE using gz
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.SH EXAMPLE USAGE
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begin "Jan 2[6-7]" /var/log/daemon.log
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begin -j "Jan 2[6-7]" /var/log/daemon.log.bz2
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begin -z "Jan 2[6-7]" /var/log/daemon.log.gz
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cat /var/log/daemon.log | begin "Jan 2[6-7]"
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.SH SEE ALSO
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grep(1)
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.SH BUGS
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No known bugs.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Mikael Nordin (hej@mic.ke)
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