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Old 03-02-2001, 09:40 PM   #1
Mike_the_Man
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew how to display a predetermined line of a file. For example if I have a text file that I want to display line 12. It seems that it should be an easy command. Thanks a head of time for any help.

Mike
 
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If you wanted to see line number 12 of a file named LinuxQuestions this would do:
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head -12 LinuxQuestions | tail -1
 
  


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