Re: [SLUG] Script Help

[Scott Howard <scott@nospam.doc.net.au>]

On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 09:47:39AM +1000, Marty wrote:
> > What command(s) can I use to return a specific line within a data file.
> > i.e: I need to return Line 2 of a file to a shell variable for further
> > processing.
> 
> you're gonna start another war ;) 

Only because you asked for it :)

> head -2 filename | tail -1

awk ' NR==2 { print; exit } '

sed -n -e 2p -e 2q

(read a; read a; echo $a) < filename

perl -ne 'if ($.==2) { print;exit;}' < filename

Yet get the idea... :)

  Scott
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