reas a file partially line by line

jojan · #1 (**permalink**) 08-27-2007

I need to read a file fron nth to n+m line by line using bash

ie
while read line
do
# soem stuff
done <<file

But The file is so big I am only intersted in reading ceratin portion of the file ie from nth line to mth line where m is alwasy greatr than n

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-27-2007

Code:

sed '8,12!d' file | while read line
do
# some stuff with lines between 8 and 12
done

jojan · #3 (**permalink**) 08-27-2007

Thank you!

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