On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Mast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > thanks >
Use the flip-flop operator* (..): perl -ne 'print if $. == 20 .. $. == 50' file * http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Range-Operators -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
