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

The {range} refers to the destination in the current file, not the range of lines in the source file.

After some experimentation, it seems

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

means insert the contents of /path/to/foo/foo.c after line 227 in this file. i.e.: it ignores the 147.