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Old 02-25-2003
Print one line of Existing File

Hi all,
I need to know what command/s I can use to print lines from a file. I cannot do pattern matching, so grepping for a string is not possible. I'd like to say "print line 3" etc. Any ideas? Ta.
danhodges99
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Old 02-25-2003
sed -n 3p filename
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Old 02-25-2003
cheers mate, works nicely!Smilie
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