pegrep — multi-line perl-regexp grep

       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.

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

       pegrep — multi-line perl-regexp grep

hxtools(7), pesubst(1)

hxtools                                            2017-01-13                                          pegrep(1)

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