Efficient way to read a specific line number of a file. (BONUS: Python Manual Misprint)

Question

I have a 100 GB text file, which is a BCP dump from a database. When I try to import it with BULK INSERT, I get a cryptic error on line number 219506324. Before sol

Answer 1

You can try this sed one-liner: sed '42q;d' to fetch line number 42. It's not in Python or C#, but I assume you have sed on your Mac.