----- Copy a line to another file

[DaniDak]

Hi,

What I need to do is, I have a line number, I need to find that line in a file using that line number and copy the entire line to another file. (A Korn Shell example would be great)

Thanks

 

[PHV]

man awk
man sed
man tail; man head

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[vgersh99]

to get the third line:

sed '3q;d' file.txt

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[Ygor]

Or..
[tt] awk NR==3 file1 > file2[/tt]