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# 8  
Old 03-10-2007
Another one in python....

file_handle = open('filename', "r")
line_list = file_handle.readlines()
strip_data = line_list[3:len(line_list)-4]
for each in strip_data: print each.lstrip().rstrip()
file_handle.close()
# 9  
Old 03-10-2007
Remove the last four lines
Code:
sed -n -e :a -e "N;$ s/\(\n[^\n]*\)\{4\}$//p;ba" file

# 10  
Old 03-10-2007
Another awk solution:

Code:
awk '{line[FNR]=$0} END{for(i=4;i<FNR-3;i++)print line[i]}' file

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