A small command line utility I wrote because I needed it.
Maybe it's of some use to you, too.

Usage:      Extract FILE/A OFFSET/N LENGTH/N BYTES/S

Where:      FILE
                is the file to extract a section from.
            OFFSET
                is the 0-based line or byte offset to start at. If the
                offset is past the end of the file, nothing is printed.
            LENGTH
                is the number of lines or bytes to print. If the length
                extends beyond the end of the file, printing stops at EOF.
            BYTES
                is a switch that indicates the offset and length
                are in bytes rather than lines.

$VER: Extract.readme 1.0 (3.12.95)

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  565    1144  49.4% -lh5- 2014 Dec  4  1995 Extract.info
[generic]                  697    1008  69.1% -lh5- 2098 Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract
[generic]                 2353    7609  30.9% -lh5- 9e6c Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.c
[generic]                  958    2388  40.1% -lh5- dbee Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.doc
[generic]                  772    1427  54.1% -lh5- 3dcd Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.doc.info
[generic]                  476     981  48.5% -lh5- d84f Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.readme
[generic]                  702    1448  48.5% -lh5- 43c5 Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.readme.info
[generic]                  175     255  68.6% -lh5- 69a8 Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.scopts
[generic]                  412     862  47.8% -lh5- c414 Dec  4  1995 Extract/Extract.smake
[generic]                  609    1084  56.2% -lh5- 42a6 Jun  1  1995 Extract/TinyStart.o
[generic]                 1732    5122  33.8% -lh5- 7cda Jun  1  1995 Extract/TinyStart.s
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        11 files    9451   23328  40.5%            Dec  6  1995