Need help with SED Command (Copying Ranges by number)

[BobWaterhouse]

I am trying to copy a file based on line numbers within the files. I can figure the To and From numbers by using grep, but, when trying to copy that specific range, I'm erroring out. I've tried a few ways, but, to know avail. Here's an example..

sed -n $STSTART','$STEND' p' $temp4 >> $temp5

sed -n "$STSTART,$STEND p" $temp4 >> $temp5

sed -n "$STSTART","$STEND" p $temp4 >> $temp5

Also, is this not a true range, but, the starting line and the length to copy?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[BobWaterhouse]

Would also be VERY helpful if I could delete a range of line numbers from a file also....

So ultimately, I would copy the range to one file, then eliminate that range in another.

 

[J1mbo]

Try this:

sed -n "$START,${STOP}p" $temp4 > $temp5

to delete a range:

sed "$START,${STOP}d" file1 > file2


-jim

 

[BobWaterhouse]

Thank you, I used a slight variation, but, ir worked nicely.