Using trusty awk -

awk -v line_num=5 '{if(NR == line_num){next;} print $0;}' < file


On 24-Dec-2008 13:34 , Dan Shimshoni wrote:
Hello,

- And in the same fun spirit :
Is it possible to delete  a line in a specified file , given the
number of the line, in a non-sed script ?

DanS


On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Oron Peled <o...@actcom.co.il> wrote:
On Tuesday, 23 בDecember 2008, Erez D wrote:

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Valery Reznic wrote:
--- On Tue, 12/23/08, Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il> wrote:
tail -n +5
It should be +6
That is the reson i preffer "sed '1,5d' " over "tail -n +6"
Since everyone are having fun, here is another one: sed -n '6,$p'

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