#!/bin/bash #$G = `echo "($1 * 17) + 16" | bc` X=$((($1 * 17) + 16)) head -n $X /home/michener/shakespeare/poetry/sonnets | tail -n 17 X=$((($1 * 17) + 16)) #Y=$((($1 * 17) - 1)) #echo "sed -n $Y,$Xp /home/barak/shakespeare/poetry/sonnets" #sed -n $Y,$Xp sonnets