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.sh NAME
linerm \- remove lines from a file
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd linerm
\fB\-\fRn
[
\fB+\fRn
\fR\-\fRn
\&...
]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Linerm
will remove the indicated lines from its standard input
writing the result to the standard output.
.s3
There can be at most 50 parameters each of which consists of a
`+' or `\-'
followed by a number (the `+' is optional).
The numbers define the starting line number where
lines are to be copied to the output file or thrown away.
`+n' or `n' means begin to copy data;
`\-n' means begin to throw away data.
.s3
To get the first 10 lines of a file one can do
.dt
.s3
	linerm \-11 < file
.s3
To extract the middle 20 lines of 
.it file
you can use the command
.s3
	linerm \-1 30 \-50 <file 
.s3
Unless otherwise specified \fIlinerm\fP will start out in
the copy state.
Thus
.s3
	linerm 1 \-10
.s3
is exactly the same as
.s3
	linerm \-10
.sh SEE\ ALSO
head (VI), tail (VI)
.sh AUTHOR
Jeff Schriebman
.sh BUGS