Print one line of Existing File

#1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2003

Hi all,
I need to know what command/s I can use to print lines from a file. I cannot do pattern matching, so grepping for a string is not possible. I'd like to say "print line 3" etc. Any ideas? Ta.

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2003

sed -n 3p filename

#3 (**permalink**) 02-25-2003

cheers mate, works nicely!

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