Text operations in shell scripts

textops.md

Extract one specific line with AWK

• awk 'NR==40550{print;exit}' <file>

Extract line 40550 to 40601:

• sed '40602q;40550,40601!d' <file>
• awk 'NR==40550,NR==40601' <file>

Extract line 60451 and 68451:

• sed -n '68452q;60451p;68451p' <file>
• awk 'FNR==60451 || FNR==68451 {print}; FNR==68452 {exit}' <file> Much faster than sed!