grep the string with the line number

salaathi · #1 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007

Dear Masters,
Here i have some doubts can anyone clarify?.

Is it possible to grep the lines by specifying the line numbers.

I know the line number which i want to grep.
example:
grep 40th line filename
grep 50th line filename

Need ur comments.

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007

To print the 40th line:

Code:

sed '40q;d' file

or

Code:

awk 'NR==40 {print;exit}'

Regards

nirav_soni · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007

You can use nawk 'NR==40' filename to grab particular line

salaathi · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007

Dear all,
Thanks a lot.

JeepResQ · #5 (**permalink**) 12-04-2007

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