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Old 08-13-2002
Bug finding a line with sed

Hi,

I know you can use sed with a line number to find a line in a file and print it but can for the life of me not remember or find the syntax today!

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks
maverick
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Old 08-13-2002
sed -n 'xp' filename.txt

where x is the line number you want.
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Old 08-13-2002
Thanks

Thanks PxT!

I ommitted the 'p' which is the part that tells it to print the line right?

Sometimes my head just go for a walkabout!

Cheers!
maverick
 
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