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Old 01-16-2014
Print nth line in a file
Bash/Oracle Linux 6.4

A basic requirement.

How can I get nth line of a file printed ? Can I use grep in this case ?

Example:
In the below file, 12th line is "Kernel parameter check passed for rmem_max" . I just want the 12 line to be printed.

Code:
# cat sometext.txt
Kernel version check passed
Kernel parameter check passed for semmsl
Kernel parameter check passed for semmns
Kernel parameter check passed for semopm
Kernel parameter check passed for semmni
Kernel parameter check passed for shmmax
Kernel parameter check passed for shmmni
Kernel parameter check passed for shmall
Kernel parameter check passed for file-max
Kernel parameter check passed for ip_local_port_range
Kernel parameter check passed for rmem_default
Kernel parameter check passed for rmem_max
Kernel parameter check passed for wmem_default
Kernel parameter check passed for wmem_max
Kernel parameter check passed for aio-max-nr
Package existence check passed for binutils
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# 2  
Old 01-16-2014
Code:
awk 'NR==12' sometext.txt

OR
Code:
sed -n 12p sometext.txt

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John K
# 3  
Old 01-16-2014
Hello,

Simply one more approach Smilie

Code:
awk 'NR != 12 {next}1' file_name

Output will be as follows.

Code:
Kernel parameter check passed for rmem_max


Thanks,
R. Singh
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