Get lines from file

chiragmistry21 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006

hi,

I have a question.

I want to read a file from say line 3 to line 6. How to do that?

tail +3 file

will give me contents of a file from line 3 to EOF, however i want from line 3 to line 6.

Thanks all,
chirag

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006

Code:

sed -n '3,6p' file

JunkYardWars · #3 (**permalink**) 04-11-2006

or awk solution

awk ' NR>=3&&NR<=6 {print}' file

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