01-31-2006
Thanks, both worked perfectly!
BTW, zazzybob, i'm not able to understand the syntax rather well. Do You mind giving a short explanation? I understand '-n' and that 'p' overruns the '-n'. From man sed i found that 'n' or 'N' means that the next line is input into the pattern space, implying that the line is suppressed. Am i completely wrong here, or?
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line(1) User Commands line(1)
NAME
line - read one line
SYNOPSIS
line
DESCRIPTION
The line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is:
0 Successful completion
>0 End-of-file on input.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 line(1)