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I want to copy lines 10 to 15 of a file into another file in Unix.
I am having files file1.txt and file2.txt.
I want to copy lines 10 to 15 from file1.txt to file2.txt.
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You can use grep to search for a regular expression in details. txt and redirect the result to the new file. If not you will have to search for each line you want to copy, still using grep, and append them to new. txt using >> in stead of > .
You can use the shell commands cp or pax or the TSO/E command OCOPY to copy files within the z/OS UNIX file system. Using the shell: Use the cp shell command to copy: One file to another file in the working directory, or to a new file in another directory.
To copy a line requires two commands: yy or Y ("yank") and either p ("put below") or P ("put above"). Note that Y does the same thing as yy . To yank one line, position the cursor anywhere on the line and type yy .
Open a terminal with a shell then
sed -n '10,15p' file1.txt > file2.txt Simple & easy.
If you want to append to the end instead of wiping file2.txt, use >> for redirection.
sed -n '10,15p' file1.txt >> file2.txt ^^ AWK is also a powerful command line text manipulator:
awk 'NR>=10 && NR<=15' file1.txt > file2.txt In complement to the previous answer, you can use one of the following 3 solutions.
sed
Print only the lines in the range and redirect it to the output file
sed -n '10,15p' file1.txt > file2.txt head/tail combination
Use head and tail to cut the file and to get only the range you need before redirecting the output to a file
head -n 15 file1.txt | tail -n 6 > file2.txt awk
Print only the lines in the range and redirect it to the output file
awk 'NR>=10 && NR<=15' file1.txt > file2.txt If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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