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Getting a line of a file by number
Post 302069945 by Quesa on Thursday 30th of March 2006 10:26:28 AM
03-30-2006
Getting a line of a file by number
I was wondering if their is a command that will output a line of a file by number. I mean i know how number a file but what i'm looking for is to pull a line out of a file by refering to its line number. Is their anyway of doing this. Thanks in advance 
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