my $line_number = 16;
my $count = 0;

while(<DATA>){
  chomp($_);
  $count++;
  next unless $count == $line_number;
  print "$_\n";
  $count = 0;
}

__DATA__
1 Bob 48 IT
2 David 26 IT
3 Jerry 22  IT
4 Josh 33  IT
5 Karl 35  IT
6 Dan 50  IT
7 Tom 26 IT
8 Randy 48  Engineering
9 Trevor 57 Engineering
10 Tony 48 Engineering
11 Larry 39 Engineering
12 Farhan 40  Engineering
13 Sandy 28 Engineering
14 Jessie 55 Engineering
15 Carl 25 Engineering
16 Donald 58 Engineering
17 Rick 44 Engineering
18 Barry 38 Engineering
19 Bruce 30 Engineering
20 Joe 37 Engineering
21 Mun 53 Engineering
22 Shiro 48 Engineering
23 Sally 50 HR
24 John 32 Finance
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