vim — How to read range of lines from a file into current buffer

Question

I want to read line n1->n2 from file foo.c into the current buffer.

I tried: 147,227r /path/to/foo/foo.c

But I get: \"E16: Invalid range\", though I

Answer 1

You will need to:

:r /path/to/foo/foo.c
:d 228,$
:d 1,146

Three steps, but it will get it done...