delete 'n' record from a file

[bengalliboy]

I have got a data file and I want to delete first 100 rec from it or read the 101 record.... What would be a quick way to do this? The file is huge... TIA

 

[CaKiwi]

vi data-file
100dd
ZZ CaKiwi

 

[bigoldbulldog]

To read file line 101 try out

sed '101!d;101q' < input-file

Cheers,
ND

bigoldbulldog@hotmail.com

 

[Chapter11]

method #3 of N:

cat file | head -101 | tail -1

 

[vgersh99]

UUOC

head -101 file | tail -1 vlad
+---------------------------+
|#include<disclaimer.h> |
+---------------------------+