Yet Another Linux BlogYet Another Linux Blog » php http://linux-blog.org Open Source, Open Blog Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:18:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Read & Display Single Line of a File http://linux-blog.org/read-display-single-line-of-a-file/ http://linux-blog.org/read-display-single-line-of-a-file/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:38:49 +0000 devnet http://linux-blog.org/?p=780 Sometimes when I’m troubleshooting a PHP error and a function is called in the debugger that gives me a line number of a file to look at, I want to know what that line says without opening up the file.  Using the command line, you can accomplish this in the following way:

head -n 96 filename.php | tail -n 1

This allows you to quickly display the 96th line of filename.php. Hope this helps someone like it has me.

Read & Display Single Line of a File originally appeared on Yet Another Linux Blog on November 18, 2008.

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