Hi All,
How can the head command be used to extract only a particular line.
By default head -n filename displays the first n lines. I want only the nth line.
I couldn't get it from forum search.
Thanks,
Sumesh (6 Replies)
Hi friends,I am new to unix and this is really a dummy question.but please help me out.
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