How to get a specific line or range of lines’ output from a file in linux ?
In this post, we will look how to get a specific line or a range of lines’ output from a file in linux.
We will look at these options step by step.
Create a sample file say testfile1 in our case.
saket@ngelinux$ cat testfile1 first second third fourth fifth saket@ngelinux$
1. To get a specific line from a file
saket@ngelinux$ sed -n 3p testfile1 third
2. Get range of lines output
saket@ngelinux$ sed -n 1,3p testfile1 first second third
3. Get multiple specific lines.
saket@ngelinux$ sed -n '1p;3p' testfile1 first third
In the similar fashion, you can get any number of required lines from a file/output in linux.