How do I get rid of “--” line separator when using grep with context lines?

Question

I have a text file named compare.txt where I want to extract the single line that follows every line that contains the pattern nmse_gain_constant.

Answer 1

There is an undocumented parameter of grep: "--group-separator", which overrides the default "--". You can set it to "" to get rid of the double dash. Though, you still get an empty line. I had the same trouble, and found this param by reading the source code of grep.