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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10
like). i want 7 row exactly, which command use in unix?
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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / manu

if you want 1 to 7 row then
head -7 filename
if you want only 7th row exactly then
head -7 filename|tail -1
or
tail +7 filename|head -1
or
cat -n filename|grep '^7' filename

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / sivaprasad

hi, this is sivaprasad from school of IT.

If you want exactly 7 line u can use sed command as follows

$sed -n '7,7p' filename

ok.

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / niranjan

To display first 7 lines of file:-

1) head -7 filename

2) cat filename|head -7



To display only 7th line of file:-

1) head -7 filename|tail -1

2) cat filename|head -7|tail -1

3) tail +7 filename|head -1

choice is ur's..Which one u feel looks gud...:):):)

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / anandthks

head -7 <filename>| tail -1

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / hari

hai this Hari

try this

$sed -n '1,7p' <filename>

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / hari

$tail 7+ filename|head -1

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / srinivas bolusupati

sed '7d' fileName.txt

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / krishna reddy

sed -n '7p' <filename>

or
head -8 <filename>|tail -1

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / manikandant

sed -n '5p' filename

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if we create a file, in that 10 rows(means 1,2,....9,10 like). i want 7 row exactly, which command..

Answer / sharda mishra

sen -n '7,7p' file name

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