#!/usr/bin/gawk -We BEGIN { firstrow = ARGV[1] - 1 lastrow = ARGV[2] -1 lastrow += 1 firststring = "Row=\"" firstrow "\"" laststring = "Row=\"" lastrow "\"" ARGC=0 rowno=0 printthis=0 } $0 ~ firststring {printthis=1} $0 ~ laststring {printthis=0} printthis == 1 {print $0}