Display output on certain lines 1

[pho01]

Does anybody know of an unix command to display output of a file on certain lines?

For example, i want to copy lines 406-1933 of a file to another file. I can't think of a way to strip it out, does anybody know if unix can do it.

 

[Ygor]

Try...

awk 'NR>=406 && NR<=1933' file1 > file2

 

[PHV]

Another way:
sed -n '406,1933p' /path/to/input > output

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Mag0007]

nice Ygor.

Star deserved!

 

[futurelet]

awk 'NR=406,NR=1933' file1 > file2

 

[Ygor]

futurelet,

I think you meant...

awk 'NR=[highlight]=[/highlight]406,NR=[highlight]=[/highlight]1933' file1 > file2

 

[pho01]

Thanks everybody. Unfornately, there is some line_max that can't display more than certain lines. On my machine, it only displays 1122 lines, the text got cut after that.

does anybody know how to increase the line max?
Thanks!

 

[futurelet]

I think you meant...

awk 'NR==406,NR==1933' file1 > file2

True.

On my machine, it only displays 1122 lines, the text got cut after that.

I can't understand that. The program can't run out of memory.