Print all the lines between 10 and 20 of a file

• To print a specific line from a file

  You can get one specific line during any procedure. Very interesting to be used when you know what line you want. Show Sample Output

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  jeju:[xxx] > sed -n 5p test
  line 5
  jeju:[xxx] > cat test
  line 1
  line 2
  line 3
  line 4
  line 5
  line 6
  line 7
  line 8
  line 9
  line 10
  jeju:[xxx] >

  
  

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  sed -n 5p <file>
  Waldirio · 2009-10-15 11:00:48 140
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• Print all lines between two line numbers

  This command uses awk(1) to print all lines between two known line numbers in a file. Useful for seeing output in a log file, where the line numbers are known. The above command will print all lines between, and including, lines 3 and 6.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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  awk 'NR >= 3 && NR <= 6' /path/to/file
  atoponce · 2011-12-14 14:28:56 10
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• Print all lines between two line numbers

  Print all lines between two line numbers This command uses sed(1) to print all lines between two known line numbers in a file. Useful for seeing output in a log file, where the line numbers are known. The above command will print all lines between, and including, lines 3 and 6. Show Sample Output

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  $ seq 10 | sed -n '3,6p'
  3
  4
  5
  6
  

  
  

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  sed -n '3,6p' /path/to/file
  flatcap · 2011-12-14 15:09:38 8
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• Print all the lines between 10 and 20 of a file

  Subtly different to the -n+p method... and probably wrong in so many ways....... But it's shorter. Just.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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  sed '10,20!d'
  tr00st · 2011-03-31 15:30:24 5
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• Print all the lines between 10 and 20 of a file

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  -6
  head -n 20 <filename> | tail
  jamolkhon · 2010-11-15 13:08:12 4
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thanks for credits :)

robert · 793 weeks and 4 days ago

No problem. This command saves a lot of time for me.. So thank you.. :)

ergut · 793 weeks ago

I use this very often. and I have a question for you. which one of alternatives is best when for large text files >1GB?

firstohit · 642 weeks and 2 days ago

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