Extract only specific part from a file
 

Hello All,

I would like to know if there is a better way to achieve the below task:

Task: Copy lines 10 to 50 from a files that contains 100 lines.

My approach:
1st) use head command and then list first 50 lines and then tail last 40 lines.

2nd) Do a while loop with a counter and then when counter reaches to 10 start writing it to another file up to the point where the counter is 50 and then exit.

I would like to know if there are any other simple and straight approach using which I can directly copy lines 10 to 50.

Help and suggestions on this question are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Perhaps not. You can also use perl/python/ruby or any other script interpreter for doing it. Or you can make a generic 'C' executable for doing it so that it's useful for general purpose use.

Probably sed is simplest - see the manpage for address range usage.

Agreed, sed would be the simplest. awk, perl and others can also easily perform the task.