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. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+