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# 1  
Old 05-13-2014
Print enter line number

Hi,

I have below text file

Code:
wer,r5yut,dfy5y,dytry
w45w,vbjjbh,xfsd,ctfyuk
xdte56,rty6r,r645,976fd
w34r,dtyer,d5tyty,fdyrt

I want to get an O/P the enter rows for example if I enter 2, the first row should print

Code:
output
 
wer,r5yut,dfy5y,dytry
w45w,vbjjbh,xfsd,ctfyuk

I have tried the below script

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
echo "enter week"
read week
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk '{for (i=1;i<=$week;i++) {print $i}}' inputfile >>file

but the script printing all the rows
# 2  
Old 05-13-2014
Code:
awk 'NR <= n' n="${week}" inputfile > file

# 3  
Old 05-13-2014
try
Code:
head -2 filename

Code:
var=2
head -$var filename

or
Code:
awk 'NR<=2' filename


Last edited by Makarand Dodmis; 05-13-2014 at 07:27 AM..
# 4  
Old 05-13-2014
There's no need to reinvent head. Note that those awk suggestions will continue to read beyond the last line printed.

Regards,
Alister
# 5  
Old 05-13-2014
try out this script..

whatever input you provide it prints only one line above.
Code:
echo "Enter a number"
read VAR
echo "You entered $VAR"

a=`expr $VAR - 1`

head -$a file.txt | tail -1

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