A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls .

A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line
how to do it?
pls ..tel me

Question Posted / hariprasad007.das

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A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / sandip01

sed -n '1p' or head -1

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31 Yes

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A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / siddharth

cat fileName | head -n 1

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13 Yes

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A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / radhakant kumar

awk '{if(NR==1) print $0}' filename

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9 Yes

2 No

A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / namdeo patil

head -n 1 filename

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8 Yes

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A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / raja

head -n <filename>

here n for no.of records we want.

ur quention my ans is
head -1 <filename>

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7 Yes

1 No

A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / hari

head 1 file

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2 Yes

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A file has 1000 lines and i want to display only 1st line how to do it? pls ..tel me..

Answer / eswar

head -n 1 filename

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1 Yes

0 No