[comp.text] vertical grep?

stevea@locus.com (Steve Anderson) (06/22/91)

I would like to search for a vertical s
                                      t
The string could be anywhere in the   r
file.                                 i
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Can this be done fairly cleanly       g
with normal UNIX commands, or, if     .
not, does anyone know of a public domain program that can?
                                 
Thanks,
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