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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:12:48 -0400
From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Not head, not tail, maybe belly
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Or, as a script ...

--- begin bin/belly ---
RANGE=$1
shift
sed -n ${RANGE}p $*
--- end --


On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:04:43 +0200
Maciej Grela wrote:

> 2010/9/22 Al <oss.elmar@googlemail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for a program similar to head or tail. It should
> > display a given range of lines or take a line and a context number
> > like grep.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> grela@pazuzu ~ $ cat /etc/passwd | sed -n -e '4,10 p'
> adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/bin/false
> lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false
> sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
> shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
> halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
> mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
> news:x:9:13:news:/usr/lib/news:/bin/false
> 
> Br,
> Maciej Grela