Re: only output the nth line

[Jozsi Vadkan <jozsi.avadkan@gmail.com>]

oops, typo

I wanted to say that it only outputs the first, second, and fourht line
_once_

so the 8th, etc lines are not in the output

sorry:D

2010. 05. 13, csütörtök keltezéssel 11.04-kor Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ezt
írta:
> On Thursday 13 May 2010 10:49:22 Jozsi Vadkan wrote:
> > 2010. 05. 12, szerda keltezéssel 12.25-kor Hugo Vanwoerkom ezt írta:
> > > Jozsi Vadkan wrote:
> > > > I have a file:
> > > > And i want to only output the first, second, and fourth line to another
> > > > file.
> > >
> > > hugo@debian:~$ sed -n '1,2p;4p' file.txt
> > 
> > yes, that's the problem, it only outputs the first, second, and fourth
> > line!
> 
> I think that perhaps there is some language barrier.
> 
> Your original post indicates that you want lines 1, 2, 4 and no others output.  
> "i want only output the first, second, and fourth line"
> 
> Your most recent post says that is "the problem".  Which I infer means 
> something you don't want.
> 
> Could you maybe rephrase the question, or at least be a bit more verbose?
> 
> ...
> 
> If you want the output to go to a file try something like (sed -ne '1,2p;4p' 
> "$input" > "$output").
>