> I thought i could use sed to change a particular line number but i dont see > that in the man page, i am trying to change a value from line number 6 % cat foo Hello line 1 Hello line 2 Hello line 3 # To change just line 2 % sed '2s/Hello/There/' Hello line 1 There line 2 Hello line 3 # To change line 2 and onwards % sed '2,$s/Hello/There/' Hello line 1 There line 2 There line 3 It's that simple :-) -- rgds Stephen