how to use script with sed command in linux?

Question

How can I use the sed command (in Linux) to find the 1000th line in a file with 10000 lines and replace just that one line with another?

Thanks in advance!

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11145270/bash-replace-an-entire-line-in-a-text-file — Gerard Rozsavolgyi, Jan 04 '16 at 12:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 12:48

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Like this:

sed '1000 s/foo/bar/' file.txt

answered Jan 04 '16 at 12:48

Andrew Cheong

Its working.. now i can roll up.. thnx for the answer – Bhushan Ahire Jan 04 '16 at 12:53

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