def search(lines, pattern, history=5): previous_lines = deque(maxlen=history) for line in lines: if pattern in line: yield line, previous_lines previous_lines.append(line)
# Example use on a file if __name__ == '__main__': with open(r'../../cookbook/somefile.txt') as f: for line, prevlines in search(f, 'python', 5): for pline in prevlines: print(pline, end='') print(line, end='') print('-' * 20) ```