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

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Last Update: July 09, 2007 Asked by: Ralf Krauseman

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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

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

sed -n '2p' datafile

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