Shell Programming and Scripting

awk ' FNR < 6 {arr[FNR]=$0}
        FNR > 5 { print $0}
        END {for(i=1;i<6;i++) {print arr[i]} } ' filename

if [ $# -ne 4];then
echo "Usage: line_move file_to_be_moved start_line_number end_line_number new_position"
fi
file=$1
start=$2
end=$3
position=$4
sed -n "${start},${end}p" ${file} > ${file}.tmp
sed -e "${start},${end}d" -e "${position}r ${file}.tmp" ${file}

15.5
15.8
16.05
16.29
16.14
16.25
16.34
16.4
15.9
15.3
14.7
14.2
13.3
12.6
12.1
11.7
11.3
11.5
11.7
11.9
23.4
15.5
15.5
15.5

nawk '
{ a[FNR]=$0}
END {
  for(i=FNR-4;i<=FNR;i++)
    print a[i]
  for(i=1;i<=FNR-5;i++)
    print a[i]
}' myFile

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate moving data inside file with editor "ed".

echo
set +o nounset
LC_ALL=C ; LANG=C ; export LC_ALL LANG
echo "Environment: LC_ALL = $LC_ALL, LANG = $LANG"
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version "=o" $(_eat $0 $1) edges ed
set -o nounset
echo

FILE=${1-data1}
cp ${FILE}.orig $FILE

echo " Data file $FILE top and bottom:"
edges -l 3 $FILE

echo
echo " Results:"
ed $FILE <<'EOF'
$-4,$m0
w
q
EOF
edges $FILE

exit 0

% ./s1

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.26-2-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 
GNU bash 3.2.39
edges (local) 307
GNU Ed 0.7

 Data file data1 top and bottom:
     1	Alpha
     2	Bravo
     3	Charlie
   ...
    24	Xray
    25	Yankee
    26	Zulu

 Results:
164
164
     1	Victor
     2	Whiskey
     3	Xray
     4	Yankee
     5	Zulu
   ...
    22	Quebec
    23	Romeo
    24	Sierra
    25	Tango
    26	Uniform