Re: How to print both matched and non matched lines?

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:47:42 -0600, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I use --color=auto, so that I can distinguish nonmatched lines from
> matched lines by looking at the colored text if the non matched lines
> is shown. But I don't see an option to allow me show all lines. Would
> you please let me know if there is such an option if I miss anything
> in the man page?

What about the obvious

grep -e 'pattern' -e '^'