How Do You Edit a Specific Line in Unix?
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To do this, press Esc , type the line number, and then press Shift-g . If you press Esc and then Shift-g without specifying a line number, it will take you to the last line in the file.

How do you select a specific line in Unix?

How to Display Specific Lines of a File in Linux Command Line

  1. Display specific lines using head and tail commands. Print a single specific line. Print specific range of lines.
  2. Use SED to display specific lines.
  3. Use AWK to print specific lines from a file.

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How do I change a line in Linux?

The most used newline character

If you don’t want to use echo repeatedly to create new lines in your shell script, then you can use the n character. The n is a newline character for Unix-based systems; it helps to push the commands that come after it onto a new line.

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