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#	File:     filesect.icn
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#	Subject:  Program to produce section of a file
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#	Author:   Ralph E. Griswold
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#	Date:     March 26, 2002
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#
#   This file is in the public domain.
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#
#  This program writes the section of the input file starting at a
#  specified line number and extending a specified number of lines.
#
#  The specifications are given as integer command-line arguments; the
#  first is the starting line, the second is the number of lines.  For
#  example,
#
#	filesect 20 100 <input >output
#
#  copies 100 lines from input to output, starting at line 20 of input.
#
#  If the specifications are out of range, the file written is truncated
#  without comment.
#
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procedure main(argl)
   local start, count

   start := argl[1] | stop("*** starting value missing")
   count := argl[2] | stop("*** count missing")

   if not (start := integer(start) & start > 0) then
      stop("starting value not positive integer")
   if not (count := integer(count) & count >= 0) then
      stop("starting value not non-negative integer")

   every 1 to start - 1 do
      read() | exit()

   every 1 to count do
      write(read()) | exit()

end