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

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08-16-2006, 02:35 PM	#1
SkipHuffman Member Registered: Mar 2005 Posts: 81 Rep:	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.

08-16-2006, 02:57 PM	#2
druuna LQ Veteran Registered: Sep 2003 Posts: 10,532 Blog Entries: 7 Rep:	Hi, Using sed is a possibility: LINE_FIVE="`sed -n '5p' infile`" Hope this helps.

08-16-2006, 03:10 PM	#3
SkipHuffman Member Registered: Mar 2005 Posts: 81 Original Poster Rep:	Yup, that is what I need. Thanks!

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