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Old 03-30-2006
Getting a line of a file by number
I was wondering if their is a command that will output a line of a file by number. I mean i know how number a file but what i'm looking for is to pull a line out of a file by refering to its line number. Is their anyway of doing this. Thanks in advance Smilie
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Old 03-30-2006
sed1liners
Code:
 # print line number 52
 sed -n '52p'                 # method 1
 sed '52!d'                   # method 2
 sed '52q;d'                  # method 3, efficient on large files

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Old 03-30-2006
Thanks that helpled me out
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Old 03-30-2006
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Originally Posted by Quesa
Thanks that helpled me out

Hi,

I have a similar problem.I want to display few lines say from line 10 to 15th in a 60 line file.The above command is not taking more than one address so suitable to display one line only.Can you help me.
Thanks,
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Old 03-31-2006
sed -n '10,15p' filename

or

perl -ne 'print if 10..15' filename
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Old 03-31-2006
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Originally Posted by Satadru Sen
Hi,

I have a similar problem.I want to display few lines say from line 10 to 15th in a 60 line file.The above command is not taking more than one address so suitable to display one line only.Can you help me.
Thanks,
provided link - food for thought
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Old 03-31-2006
Thanks friends.
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