to list a particular line in the file

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to list a particular line in the file..

Answer / jam

To print a specific line without using a string.

sed -n '1p' <filename>

Where 1 is teh line number

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to list a particular line in the file..

Answer / deepak

grep -i " give_the search keyword here" (specify the directory location/file to search)

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to list a particular line in the file..

Answer / ramesh

grep "pattern" filename

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to list a particular line in the file..

Answer / abani_mahana

sed -n '1p' <filename>
head -n filename | tail -1
(change n as per your requirements)

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to list a particular line in the file..

Answer / ranjitha

using head and tail command we can print the required line
as an output.

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