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Hi All,

pretty simple on, i have a text file or what ever with several lines:

one
two
three

How do i select a specific line by line number. Looked in cut and grep and cant find anything....

thanks
klashxx that was really useful

hi there are easier ways..

just found this

cat /etc/passwd | awk -F ":" '{print $6}' #this displays 6th field ie home directories

awk -F\: '{print $6}' /etc/passwd |grep pauline #this...

its ok i have solved it

cat /etc/passwd | awk -F ":" '{print $6}' #this displays 6th field ie home directories

awk -F\: '{print $6}' /etc/passwd |grep pauline #this displays pauline home...

hi,

i would like to extract the just name field from /etc/passwd file, and nothing else. ie grep pauline, and Pauline Fowler comes back.


cheeers
paul mc

Thanks perder
that was really helpful

i prefer the quicker solutions

its ok i have solved it......

grep $USER file>> newfile
sed = file3 | sed 'N;s/\n/\)/' # this prints number for every line....with a very nice right bracket ie 1)...
...

hi...

i have a file with data and would like to insert a number and bracket 1) ...2)
at the beginning of every successive line; to add some formatting to the text

Hi i have a dilemma

I need to write a script that takes two arguments. The first being a line of text, the second being a newly created file. The script should take the first argument and insert...

how do u insert text into a specific place in a file, say the middle for example, without changing the name for that file

thanks tmarikle

that worked fine to append to end of line, how do you append on top of file, or in the middle say 5 lines down. Thanks for the quick response

I need to add text on top of an original file, this method deleted my file and just left HELLO on top..

Any suggestions

hi
i would be grateful for some help on the following q.

"Write a script that takes two arguments. The first being a line of text, the second being your newly created file. The script should...