Use matched data and some other as replacement data Show Sample Output
Get two different lines like this:
sed -n '1000000p;2000000{p;q;}' < massive-log-file.log
See also: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6043/print-just-line-4-from-a-textfile
using tail first won't do it because tail counts from the bottom of the file. You could do it this way but I don't suggest it
This command deletes the "newline" chars, so its output maybe unusable :)
d --> delete !d ---> delete others
Perl version - just for completeness sake ;)
The nl command lists the contents of a file where is each line is prefixed by a line number. For more information about this command, check out its man page. I tested under Mac OS X and Xubuntu 9.04
convert your text to ascii art Show Sample Output
tail -n X | head -n 1 prints a specific line, where X is the line number
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