Get 2nd Line in File 1

[jestrada101]

What would be a good unix command to get the 2nd line from a file?

Thanks
JE

 

[vgersh99]

head -2 file | tail -1

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

 

[jestrada101]

Thanks!
Perfect

 

[PHV]

Or the awk way:
awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' /path/to/file

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[vgersh99]

or.... (amoung other possibilities):

sed -ne '2p' file

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

 

[PHV]

Hello Vlad.
Just a note: your sed solution will read the entire file.

 

[vgersh99]

ooops, sorry - thanks for the catch:

sed -e '2q;d' file

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

 

[SkiLift]

and just for fun:

sed -n "2,2p" file