Reading Particular Line From A File in Unix - UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

yeheyaansari · #1 02-11-2002

Can any u pls tell me :-

I want to read a particular line from a file, say line no. 10.
This can be done by using awk..but that method I think, is inefficient.
Is there any direct command for this?

Thanks

Perderabo · #2 02-11-2002

Personally, I would use:
sed -n 10p filename

yeheyaansari · #3 02-12-2002

Thanks For Ur Reply. I will try it.

What I use today is
sed -n "10s/.*/&/p" filename

But ur reply looks really goodone for me.

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