How to read a range of lines in a text file

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Hi All,

What shell command could I possibly used to read a range of lines in a text file.

For example: A file contains 500 lines and I would like to read between line 455 to 469 only

Thanks
Ridzuan

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

From "Handy One-Liners for Sed" (Attached):

# print section of file based on line numbers (lines 455-469, inclusive)
sed -n '455,469p' # method 1
sed '455,469!d' # method 2


Pete

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Yes, it works great. Thanks Pete.