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How to extract the second row of a text-file?

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Last Update: September 24, 2009 Asked by: Ralf Krauseman

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Submitted by: aamer123

sed -n '2p' datafile

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Jenson Kuriakose

June 10, 2007 17:59:28

gto mitbbs

RE: How to extract the second row of a text-file?

tail +2 <filename> | head -1

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June 20, 2007 10:06:54

Subramanyam

RE: How to extract the second row of a text-file?

head -2 filename|tail -1

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July 09, 2007 10:57:37

aamer123

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sed -n '2p' datafile

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February 04, 2009 01:02:23

ajit_saley

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RE: How to extract the second row of a text-file?

awk '{print $2}' file_name

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March 20, 2009 06:56:21

gcvpgeek

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RE: How to extract the second row of a text-file?

sed -n 2 2p file1

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September 24, 2009 05:49:41

kamalesh_greek

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RE: How to extract the second row of a text-file?

head -2 file.txt | tail -1

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