On 2009-02-17, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>> Assuming this is a real task and not a homework problem, then
>> I'd do it this way:
>>
>> $ cd [directory containing 50 test files]
>> $ (for file in *; do head -n11 $file | tail -n5; done)
>> >/path/to/results-file.txt
>
> I'd use sed:
>
> sed -ns 7,11p /source/path/*.txt >/path/to/results.txt
Well done.
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