Need a different command to display text files

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October 20th, 2005, 05:00 AM

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Need a different command to display text files

hi,
i need a command to display text files.

How can i list the lines between 5 and 8?

$ XXXXXXXXXX what to write

thanks to jim macnamara

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If you want the lines that occur physically in the file on lines 5,6,7,8

Code:

awk ' { if (NR>4 && NR < 9) print $0} ' filename

If the data has literally got the number 5 or 6 etc. in the second column

Code:

awk ' { if ($2>4 && $2 < 9) print $0} ' filename

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

If you want the lines that occur physically in the file on lines 5,6,7,8

Code:

awk ' { if (NR>4 && NR < 9) print $0} ' filename

If the data has literally got the number 5 or 6 etc. in the second column

Code:

awk ' { if ($2>4 && $2 < 9) print $0} ' filename

also can use

Code:

 head -8 <filename> | tail -4

efficient only for small file

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