Chas. Owens wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Mast > <jhmast.developer@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, I have a ~125MB file of which I want to read lines n thru n+x and write >> those into a separate file. What is the best way to go about this? > > Use the flip-flop operator* (..): > > perl -ne 'print if $. == 20 .. $. == 50' file Which could be written simply as: perl -ne 'print if 20 .. 50' file John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry WallThread Previous | Thread Next