How to read a single line from a text file into a shell script.
 

How can I pull a specified line from a plain text file in a shell script?

Basically I need to pull line X from file Y.

Assistance please.

Hi,

Using sed is a possibility:

LINE_FIVE="`sed -n '5p' infile`"

Hope this helps.

Yup, that is what I need.

Thanks!