On Mon, 8 May 2006, wwp wrote: > Hello carlosreimer@xxxxxxxxxxxx, > > > On Mon, 8 May 2006 10:01:55 -0300 <carlosreimer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How can I see the content of lines 453555 to 453590 of a big text file? > An ugly idea came to my mind: > $ tail -n 453555 /my/big/text/file | head -n $((453555-453590)) sed -n -e 453555,453590p -e 453591q /my/big/text/file should do the trick about as efficiently as it can be done. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Demons after money? Whatever happened to the still-beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more." -- Rupert Giles
