I have a log file with thousands of lines. I want to copy certain logs ranging between two line numbers to another file so that I can share them within team.
For example – I want to copy text from line number 1000 to line 1200 to another file say issueLog.log
What is the shortest way to do this?
Note: We are not using vim.
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Answer
Open the original file in Vi
and type the following command.
:1000,1200w issueLog.log
(or)
Use GNU sed
sed -n 1000,1200p original-file > issueLog.log
(or)
Use perl
perl -ne 'print if 1000..1200' original-file > issueLog.log
(or)
Use awk
awk 'NR>=1000&&NR<=1200' original-file > issueLog.log