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# 1  
Old 04-17-2011
Extract character between specific line numbers
Hi guys,

I have txt file and I would need to extract all the contents between specific line numbers.

Code:
Line 1: apple
Line 2: orange
Line 3: mango
Line 4: grapes
Line 5: pine apple

I need to extract the content between line 2 and 4, including the contents of Line 2 and 4 so the ouput should look like
Code:
Line 2: orange
Line 3: mango
Line 4: grapes

Any help is appreciated...
# 2  
Old 04-17-2011
Code:
awk '/Line 2/, /Line 4/' data

Code:
sed -n '/Line 2/, /Line 4/ p' data

# 3  
Old 04-18-2011
Or, irrespective of the contents of those lines and aborting to avoid unnecessarily reading additional lines (useful if the files are large):

Code:
sed -n '2,4p; 4q' data

Code:
awk 'NR==2,NR==4; NR==4 {exit}' data

Regards,
Alister
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