Using sed command to print from the fourth to the second last line?

Question

How can I print from the fourth to the second last line using sed command?

Answer 1

sed -e '4,$!d' -e '$d'

Ex.

$ printf 'Line %d\n' {1..10} | sed -e '4,$!d' -e '$d'
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Line 9

Answer 2

Try this,

sed -e '1,3d;$d' file

• 1,3d to delete first 3 lines.
• $d to delete last line.