我已经为sed、perl、head+tail和我自己的awk代码编译了一些最高评级的解决方案，并通过管道关注性能，同时使用LC_ALL=C确保所有候选程序以尽可能快的速度运行，并在两者之间分配2秒的睡眠间隔。

差距是显而易见的:

   abs time    awk/app speed ratio
 ----------------------------------
   0.0672 sec :   1.00x mawk-2
   0.0839 sec :   1.25x gnu-sed
   0.1289 sec :   1.92x perl
   0.2151 sec :   3.20x gnu-head+tail

还没有机会测试这些工具的python或BSD变体。

 (fg && fg && fg && fg) 2>/dev/null; 
 echo;
 ( time ( pvE0 < "${m3t}" 
        | LC_ALL=C  mawk2 '

           BEGIN {  
                     _=10420001-(\
                    __=10420256)^(FS="^$") 
           } _<NR { 
                   print

                   if(__==NR) { exit } 
     
     }' ) | pvE9) | tee >(xxh128sum >&2) | LC_ALL=C gwc -lcm | lgp3 ; 
    sleep 2;
    (fg && fg && fg && fg) 2>/dev/null
    echo; 
    ( time ( pvE0 < "${m3t}" 
           | LC_ALL=C gsed -n '10420001,10420256p;10420256q' 
    
     ) | pvE9 ) |  tee >(xxh128sum >&2) |  LC_ALL=C gwc -lcm  | lgp3 ;
     sleep  2; (fg && fg && fg && fg) 2>/dev/null
     echo
    ( time ( pvE0 < "${m3t}" 
           | LC_ALL=C perl -ne 'print if 10420001..10420256'
    
    ) | pvE9 ) |  tee >(xxh128sum >&2) |  LC_ALL=C gwc -lcm | lgp3 ;
    sleep  2; (fg && fg && fg && fg) 2>/dev/null
    echo
    ( time ( pvE0 < "${m3t}" 
           | LC_ALL=C ghead -n +10420256 
           | LC_ALL=C gtail -n +10420001 
    ) | pvE9 ) |  tee >(xxh128sum >&2) |  LC_ALL=C gwc -lcm  | lgp3 ; 


      in0: 1.51GiB 0:00:00 [2.31GiB/s] [2.31GiB/s] [============> ] 81%            
     out9: 42.5KiB 0:00:00 [64.9KiB/s] [64.9KiB/s] [ <=> ]
( pvE 0.1 in0 < "${m3t}" | LC_ALL=C mawk2 ; )
     
   0.43s user 0.36s system 117% cpu 0.672 total
    256   43487   43487

54313365c2e66a48dc1dc33595716cc8  stdin

     out9: 42.5KiB 0:00:00 [51.7KiB/s] [51.7KiB/s] [ <=> ]
      in0: 1.51GiB 0:00:00 [1.84GiB/s] [1.84GiB/s] [==========> ] 81%            

   ( pvE 0.1 in0 < "${m3t}" |LC_ALL=C gsed -n '10420001,10420256p;10420256q'; )  
  
   0.68s user 0.34s system 121% cpu 0.839 total
    256   43487   43487

54313365c2e66a48dc1dc33595716cc8  stdin


      in0: 1.85GiB 0:00:01 [1.46GiB/s] [1.46GiB/s] [=============>] 100%            
     out9: 42.5KiB 0:00:01 [33.5KiB/s] [33.5KiB/s] [  <=> ]

( pvE 0.1 in0 < "${m3t}" | LC_ALL=C perl -ne 'print if 10420001..10420256'; )
     
   1.10s user 0.44s system 119% cpu 1.289 total
    256   43487   43487

54313365c2e66a48dc1dc33595716cc8  stdin

      in0: 1.51GiB 0:00:02 [ 728MiB/s] [ 728MiB/s] [=============> ] 81%            
     out9: 42.5KiB 0:00:02 [19.9KiB/s] [19.9KiB/s] [ <=> ]

 ( pvE 0.1 in0 < "${m3t}" 
   | LC_ALL=C ghead -n +10420256 
   | LC_ALL=C gtail -n ; )  
  
 1.98s user 1.40s system 157% cpu 2.151 total
 256   43487   43487

54313365c2e66a48dc1dc33595716cc8  stdin

我们甚至可以在命令行检查:

cat filename|sed 'n1,n2!d' > abc.txt

例如:

cat foo.pl|sed '100,200!d' > abc.txt

perl -ne 'print if 16224..16482' file.txt > new_file.txt

也许，你会给这个简陋的脚本一个机会;-)

#!/usr/bin/bash

# Usage:
#   body n m|-m

from=$1
to=$2

if [ $to -gt 0 ]; then
# count $from the begin of the file $to selected line
    awk "NR >= $from && NR <= $to {print}"
else
# count $from the begin of the file skipping tailing $to lines
    awk '
    BEGIN   {lines=0; from='$from'; to='$to'}
            {++lines}
    NR >= $from {line[lines]=$0}
    END     {for (i = from; i < lines + to + 1; i++) {
                print line[i]
            }
    }'
fi

输出:

$ seq 20 | ./body.sh 5 15
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

$ seq 20 | ./body.sh 5 -5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

sed -n '16224,16482p;16483q' filename > newfile

来自sed手册:

p - Print out the pattern space (to the standard output). This command is usually only used in conjunction with the -n command-line option. n - If auto-print is not disabled, print the pattern space, then, regardless, replace the pattern space with the next line of input. If there is no more input then sed exits without processing any more commands. q - Exit sed without processing any more commands or input. Note that the current pattern space is printed if auto-print is not disabled with the -n option.

and

sed脚本中的地址可以是以下任何一种形式: 数量 指定行号将只匹配输入中的该行。 一个地址范围可以通过指定两个地址来指定 用逗号(，)分隔。地址范围匹配从 第一个地址匹配，并一直持续到第二个 地址匹配(包括)。

艾德:使用

ed -s infile <<<'16224,16482p'

-s抑制诊断输出;实际的命令在一个here-string中。具体来说，16224,16482p在所需的行地址范围上运行p (print)命令。