Unix Tip: OUTPUT BETWEEN LINES

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Unix Tip 3006 - April 30, 2010

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OUTPUT BETWEEN LINES

To print the contents between two lines in a file in UNIX :

sed -n 'from lineno , to lineno p' filename

i.e to print data from line 2 to 5 of 'text' file

sed -n '2,5p' text

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