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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+# Challenge 072
+#
+# TASK #2 > Lines Range
+# Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar
+# You are given a text file name $file and range $A - $B where $A <= $B.
+#
+# Write a script to display lines range $A and $B in the given file.
+#
+# Example
+# Input:
+#     $ cat input.txt
+#     L1
+#     L2
+#     L3
+#     L4
+#     ...
+#     ...
+#     ...
+#     ...
+#     L100
+# $A = 4 and $B = 12
+# Output:
+#     L4
+#     L5
+#     L6
+#     L7
+#     L8
+#     L9
+#     L10
+#     L11
+#     L12
+
+import sys
+FILE, A, B = sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2]), int(sys.argv[3])
+
+f = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
+lines = [x.rstrip("\n") for x in f.readlines()]
+print("\n".join(lines[A-1:B]))