sh command: display output on certain lines

[pho01]

Does anybody knows of an unix command to display output of a file on a 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.

Thanks!

 

[KenCunningham]

You could:

tail -(total no of lines in file - 405) filename > tempfile1
head -(lines in tempfile1 - 1527) tempfile1 > tempfile2

tempfile2 should contain the lines you want. You may have to play with the exact number of lines, but I hope this gives you an idea.

 

[pho01]

Thanks Ken.

But how you get the lines in between? saying line 406-1933.

Note that 1933 is greater than MAX_BYTES allowed.

Can this be done in plain unix?

 

[Martin999]

try awk ...

think this should work, sorry not near a machine, as would need to try first.

try posting this question in the awk forum

martin

 

[Chacalinc]

what's about sed?

sed -n '406,1933p' input.txt > output.txt

man sed

Chacal, Inc.

 

[pho01]

Thanks Chacal,

Unfortunately, sed only allows up to max lines. on my machine, it only display the output up to 1122 lines. everything else got cut.

 

[hoinz]

Pho,

what is your version of HP-UX?
I tried with HP-UX 11i, and the solutions given by Ken and Chacal worked.

I don't know about a parameter MAX_BYTES, or a line limit, could you tell us more about it?
(I remember having seen a similar limitation on an old SCO Unix system, looong ago, but it don't know if there was a workaround.)