How to print lines between 2 values using tail & head and pipe?

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For example:how can I print specific lines of a .txt file between line 5 and line 8 using only tail and head

I have no code, I just want to know how to solve this problem — lambozsolty, Feb 09 '19 at 13:42
Another example: there is a.txt and it have 15 lines.Print the lines between line 4 and 9 using tail and head commands. — lambozsolty, Feb 09 '19 at 13:44

Kevin C · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-09T18:43:01.020

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infile.txt contains a numerical value on each line.

➜   X=3
➜   Y=10
➜   < infile.txt tail -n +"$X" | head -n "$((Y - X))"
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
➜

edited Feb 09 '19 at 18:43

answered Feb 09 '19 at 15:48

Kevin C

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