RE: Quick Help...Shell script...
Well, ok then, to make it stop on a long file: sed -n '100p; 100q' filename make sure the address on q is higher than anything you want to print > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark D. Stock [SMTP:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:22 PM > To: Prasad Mahale > Cc: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Quick Help...Shell script... > > Prasad Mahale wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > How can i get nth line (for example say 100th line) from a text file > > directly? > > I don't want to scan whole file for that using a loop. > > Like TOP and TAIL command, is there anything to read a range of lines > > in-between? > > How about: > > head -100 myfile |tail -1 > > I don't THINK head scans beyond the required lines. > > If you wanted a range of lines, say 90-100, then obviously: > > head -100 myfile |tail -10 > > Did I stray into c.u.s instead of c.d.i? :-) > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| > | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| > | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| > | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| > | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+