Get selected line for Text File

shakirz1 · Post by **shakirz1** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 12:52 pm

I want to get select line from a text file, which linux command will work for it? means I want to get line 1-10 from abc.txt

jargon · Post by **jargon** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:15 am

$: head abc.txt

the head command by default grabs the first 10 lines.

use head -n 15 abc.txt if you want the first 15, and so on.

Read "man head"

shakirz1 · Post by **shakirz1** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:29 pm

And what I do if I need line from 20-30 ? I think "head" will not work for it.

Post by **LinuxFreaK** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:01 pm

Dear shakirz1,
Salam,

shakirz1 wrote:And what I do if I need line from 20-30 ? I think "head" will not work for it.

head + tail will work

# tail -f filename

Best Regards.

s7r1k3r · Post by **s7r1k3r** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:50 pm

Assalam-O-Alaekum!

You can use awk for the purpose. Here is the command to solve your problem.

awk 'NR>10 && NR<21 {print}' abc.txt

Obviously, you can change the no.s 10 and 21 to select any range.

Regards.

Post by **lambda** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:15 pm

s7r1k3r wrote:You can use awk for the purpose.

finally! a sane post.

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