On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Rus Foster wrote: > No strictly on topic but can anyone think of a better way to > print out line x of a file in Shell Script. Best I have so far > is (in pseudo code) > > cat /tmp/file | head -$x | tail -$x+1 > > Anything better or a perl one liner?
Boy, reminds me of the old "useless use of cat" award... I always use: sed -n 5,5p /tmp/file -jeff -- "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" -- Vroomfondel, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
