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# 1  
Old 09-22-2006
want to specific line which i will give through variable
Hi,

I have a file on unix which contains

--------------------------------------

1 # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
2 # that require network functionality will fail.
3 127.0.0.1 romhelp3 localhost.localdomain localhost
4
5 10.231.34.66 blind17 # TCH Test Server
6 10.231.34.97 roMltydl ffsrvr # NCR S1600 - dilbert
7 10.8.188.36 lab1 #
---------------------------------------------------
just i wanted to display line that i will give line number through variable

script is like this
------------------
FILE=/home/anupl/ss
echo "enter option"
read ss
sed -n '${ss}p' $FILE
-------------------

I tried with grep and fgrep command but these commands are not working.
so finally i got the sed command that display specific line number.
if i give "sed -n '5p' <file name>" which is working without any problem.
when i passing though a variable it is giving error.....

Pls suggest me to get it dong....
# 2  
Old 09-22-2006
use double quotes
Code:
sed -n "${ss}p" $FILE

# 3  
Old 09-23-2006
Thanks jim

it is working ..... Smilie
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