#!/bin/bash
# Display line number ranges of a file to the terminal.
# Usage: $ pinch filename start-line end-line
# By Evan J. Coon
FILENAME=$1
START=$2
END=$3
ERROR="[PINCH ERROR]"
# Check that the number of arguments is 3
if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
echo "$ERROR Need three arguments: Filename Start-line End-line"
exit 1
fi
# Check that the file exists.
if [ ! -f "$FILENAME" ]; then
echo -e "$ERROR File does not exist. \n\t$FILENAME"
exit 1
fi
# Check that start-line is not greater than end-line
if [ "$START" -gt "$END" ]; then
echo -e "$ERROR Start line is greater than End line."
exit 1
fi
# Check that start-line is positive.
if [ "$START" -lt 0 ]; then
echo -e "$ERROR Start line is less than 0."
exit 1
fi
# Check that end-line is positive.
if [ "$END" -lt 0 ]; then
echo -e "$ERROR End line is less than 0."
exit 1
fi
NUMOFLINES=$(wc -l < "$FILENAME")
# Check that end-line is not greater than the number of lines in the file.
if [ "$END" -gt "$NUMOFLINES" ]; then
echo -e "$ERROR End line is greater than number of lines in file."
exit 1
fi
# The distance from the end of the file to end-line
ENDDIFF=$(( NUMOFLINES - END ))
# For larger files, this will run more quickly. If the distance from the
# end of the file to the end-line is less than the distance from the
# start of the file to the start-line, then start pinching from the
# bottom as opposed to the top.
if [ "$START" -lt "$ENDDIFF" ]; then
< "$FILENAME" head -n $END | tail -n +$START
else
< "$FILENAME" tail -n +$START | head -n $(( END-START+1 ))
fi
# Success
exit 0
myfile content:
=====================
line1 not needed
line2 also discarded
[Data]
first data line
second data line
=====================
sed -n '/Data/,$p' myfile
# time sed -n '1001,1256p;1256q' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 0m0,003s
user 0m0,000s
sys 0m0,004s
# time head -1256 fo2debug.1.log | tail -n +1001 | wc -l
256
real 0m0,003s
user 0m0,006s
sys 0m0,000s
# time awk 'NR==1001, NR==1256; NR==1256 {exit}' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 0m0,002s
user 0m0,004s
sys 0m0,000s
# EYZ0赢了。在技术上,sed和“头+尾”并列第二。
在文件的前三分之一处获得256行。
# time sed -n '3473001,3473256p;3473256q' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 0m0,265s
user 0m0,242s
sys 0m0,024s
# time head -3473256 fo2debug.1.log | tail -n +3473001 | wc -l
256
real 0m0,308s
user 0m0,313s
sys 0m0,145s
# time awk 'NR==3473001, NR==3473256; NR==3473256 {exit}' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 0m0,393s
user 0m0,326s
sys 0m0,068s
# EYZ0赢了。后面跟着“头+尾”;最后,awk。
在文件的第二个三分之一处获得256行。
# time sed -n '6947001,6947256p;6947256q' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
A256
real 0m0,525s
user 0m0,462s
sys 0m0,064s
# time head -6947256 fo2debug.1.log | tail -n +6947001 | wc -l
256
real 0m0,615s
user 0m0,488s
sys 0m0,423s
# time awk 'NR==6947001, NR==6947256; NR==6947256 {exit}' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 0m0,779s
user 0m0,650s
sys 0m0,130s
同样的结果。
# EYZ0赢了。后面跟着“头+尾”;最后,awk。
在文件末尾获得256行。
# time sed -n '10420001,10420256p;10420256q' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 1m50,017s
user 0m12,735s
sys 0m22,926s
# time head -10420256 fo2debug.1.log | tail -n +10420001 | wc -l
256
real 1m48,269s
user 0m42,404s
sys 0m51,015s
# time awk 'NR==10420001, NR==10420256; NR==10420256 {exit}' fo2debug.1.log | wc -l
256
real 1m49,106s
user 0m12,322s
sys 0m18,576s
#!/usr/bin/bash
# Usage:
# body n m|-m
from=$1
to=$2
if [ $to -gt 0 ]; then
# count $from the begin of the file $to selected line
awk "NR >= $from && NR <= $to {print}"
else
# count $from the begin of the file skipping tailing $to lines
awk '
BEGIN {lines=0; from='$from'; to='$to'}
{++lines}
NR >= $from {line[lines]=$0}
END {for (i = from; i < lines + to + 1; i++) {
print line[i]
}
}'
fi
#get the lines from 16224 to 16482 and prints the values into filename.txt file
sed -n '16224 ,16482p' file.txt > filename.txt
#Additional Info to showcase other possible scenarios:
#get the 16224 th line and writes the value to filename.txt
sed -n '16224p' file.txt > filename.txt
#get the 16224 and 16300 line values only and write to filename.txt.
sed -n '16224p;16300p;' file.txt > filename.txt