Re: Grep the second line from a file?

in reply to Grep the second line from a file?

Not sure what exactly you mean by "grepping the 2nd line from a file", could you provide some sample input with expected output?

# prints only the second line of the file
perl -ne 'print if $.==2' -- FILENAME
# prints only the second line of the file if it matches a pattern
perl -ne 'print if $.==2 && /pattern/' -- FILENAME
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Re^2: Grep the second line from a file? by graff (Chancellor) on Mar 20, 2014 at 03:31 UTC
Depending on how large the input file(s) might be, it could be worthwhile to type just two more little words: `perl -ne 'print and last if $.==2' -- FILENAME` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Grep the second line from a file? by Anonymous Monk on Mar 19, 2014 at 23:47 UTC
Many thanks, your first snippet of code is all I need :)	[reply]

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