$ cat ip.txt
address
range
substitution
pattern
sample
Range specified is inclusive of those line numbers
$ sed -n '2,4p' ip.txt
range
substitution
pattern
$
can be used to specify last line. Space can be used between address and command for clarity
$ sed -n '3,$ s/[aeiou]//gp' ip.txt
sbstttn
pttrn
smpl
ith line to i+jth line
$ sed '2,+2d' ip.txt
address
sample
ith line and i+j, i+2j, i+3j, etc.
$ sed -n '1~2p' ip.txt
address
substitution
sample