2007/9/7, William James <w_a_x_man / yahoo.com>: > On Sep 7, 4:50 am, "Robert Klemme" <shortcut... / googlemail.com> wrote: > > 2007/9/7, Bulhac Mihai <mihai.bul... / yahoo.com>: > > > > > how can i read only a line from a txt file? > > > for example i want to read only line 3 > > > > sed -ne '3 p' your_file > > > > robert > > awk "3==NR" your_file When I think about it, this is probably more efficient for large files and low line numbers: head -3 your_file | tail -1 :-) robert