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cat -n haiku.txt | tail -n 7 # display the last 7 lines of haiku.txt cat -n haiku.txt | tail -n +7 # display text in haiku.txt starting at line 7 cat -n haiku.txt | tail +1210 # display text in haiku.txt starting at line 1210 |
When you use the tail -n +<integer> syntax it will display all output from that line to the end of its input. So to view only a few lines starting at a specified line number, pipe the output to head:
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