Yep. Need line 123425938039 of a gigantic file? [0] sed -e 'NR == 123425938039 {... | Hacker News

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		davidp on Jan 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Awk in 20 Minutes Yep. Need line 123425938039 of a gigantic file? [0] `sed -e 'NR == 123425938039 { print; exit; }' < file` Fast as hell and takes no memory to speak of. Google 'awesome awk' for goodies. [0]: Yes, this happens.

eadler on Jan 18, 2015 [–]

Wouldn't it be slightly easier to do something like

    sed -n 123425938039p file?

To be fair, this one won't exit early.

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