read a files particular line

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello Frank,

> Hi,
> does anybody have an idea how to read a particular line of a file like awk's
> awk '{if( NR==12) print $0}' filename (reads lineno 12 of filename)
Check the documentation about the "linecache".

HTH.
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