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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Print enter line number Post 302901350 by vinit raj on Tuesday 13th of May 2014 12:55:23 PM
Old 05-13-2014
try out this script..

whatever input you provide it prints only one line above.
Code:
echo "Enter a number"
read VAR
echo "You entered $VAR"

a=`expr $VAR - 1`

head -$a file.txt | tail -1

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