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Old 01-22-2010
Extract a line from a file.
How to extract a line from a given file example,
code:
a=10;
b=20;
CI:something.
gdgjihndsjdbdvcdhsfh
dhaidjwauhdd
dhasjdasndsadsd
asdhuwyesdbsadhsad
adhasjdasytywnasndahhahdjash
/code
I want to extract "CI:something.", and something may be anything, it may be x or y or z or anything. And it may be in any line.
Can any one please help me...


Thanks.
Last edited by anupdas; 01-22-2010 at 02:35 AM..
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Old 01-22-2010
cat xxx.txt | head -3| tail -1
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Old 01-22-2010
Code:
sed -n '3p' urfile
awk 'NR==3' urfile

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Old 01-22-2010
Actually it is confirm that it is in line number three, it may be in any where, i just give one example.
# 5  
Old 01-22-2010
grep 'CI:Anup Das' file
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Old 01-22-2010
Code:
 sed -n '/CI:*/p' urfile

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Old 01-22-2010
Thanks everyone....
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