try "sed -n 'x p; x q' filename "
That will print only line x
On Monday 21 July 2003 14:54, Rus Foster wrote:
> Hi All,
> No strictly on topic but can anyone think of a better way to print out
> line x of a file in Shell Script. Best I have so far is (in pseudo code)
>
> cat /tmp/file | head -$x | tail -$x+1
>
> Anything better or a perl one liner?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rus
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