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bash print nth line

sed 'NUMq;d' file

Print nth line bash

# Format, where n is the nth line
sed -n '0~Np'

# For example, to copy every 5th line of oldfile to newfile, do
sed -n '0~5p' oldfile > newfile

# would print lines 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, …, up to the end of the file.
sed -n '2~5p' oldfile