grep

[Bonnie cooper]

Hi,
I cannot seem to convince grep to print the line in which it found the matching 
expression.
If I type
grep "RIGHT_ASCENSION" *
he responds with only the file names
If I type
grep -1 "RIGHT_ASCENSION"
or 
grep -C "RIGHT_ASCENSION"
or
grep -A1 "RIGHT_ASCENSION"  
he prints either nothing at all, or the entire file.

What could be wrong?
Thanks
Bonnie

 

Bonnie Cooper, Ph.D.
Senior Engineer
Oceaneering Space Systems
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