grep question

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From: Dan
Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00

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Grep "string" *  returns lines containing the string preceded with the
filename:
              filea:"xxxxxxxxxxstringxxxxxxxxxxxx"
              fileb:"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxstringxxxx"
              etc.

Unfortunately, 'head -20 * |grep "string"  will not return the file name
because grep operates on the results from 'head'.  Anyone know of a way
to restrict grep to search only the first 20 lines of a file OR a way
to make the head/grep piped command display the filename?
-thanx
-dan


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Dan <kolohe@rahul.net>

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