paging a text file line by line?

tomapam · #1 (**permalink**) 10-07-2002

Hi,

to write a script i need to use a command that list a text file line by line. For instance, i want to use a command like :

command -15 txt_file ==> i'll have the line number 15 of my text file on my screen...

thx for helping.

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 10-07-2002

How about:

sed -n 15p text.file

tomapam · #3 (**permalink**) 10-07-2002

YYYYPPPPPIIIIIEE!!

it works!

thx a lot!

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