Line numbers
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Type the line numbers of the
text that you want to read from the file that you specified.
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To specify a range of lines, use
a hyphen: 1-3. This reads lines 1 to 3.
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To specify specific lines, use a
comma: 5,7,9. This reads lines 5, 7, and 9.
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Combine the range and specific
lines: 1-3,5,7,9. This reads lines 1 to 3, and lines 5, 7, and
9.
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To specify from a specific line
to the last line of the file, type the line number, hyphen, and
END: 4-END. This reads lines 4 to the last line of the file.
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To specify from a specific line
to a line relative to the last line of the file, type the line
number, hyphen, the less-than sign, and the line number relative to
the end line: 4-END<3. If the file has 20 lines, this reads
lines 4 to 17 from the file. <3 represents the third line from
the end.
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To specify the last number of
lines, type LASTLINES, colon, and the last number of lines that you
want to delete: LASTLINES:10. This reads the last 10 lines of the
file.
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Combine different types of
operations: 1-5, 8, 10-END<20, LASTLINES:10. This reads lines 1
to 5, line 8, line 10 to the 20th line from the end, and the last
10 lines. Do not overlap lines or line ranges when combining
operations. For example, 5-END, LASTLINES:10 fails because the
5-END operation already reads to the end, so the LASTLINES:10
operation cannot succeed because the lines are already read, and
the object fails.
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Note: Do not specify lines numbers that
do not exist in the file, and do not specify a line number more
than once, or the object fails.
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