From: James Edward Gray II Date: 2007-09-08T04:19:20+09:00 Subject: Re: read a specific line from a file On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:00 AM, Diego Suarez wrote: > line_three = File.readlines(the_file)[2] line_three = File.foreach(path) { |line| break line if $. == 3 } James Edward Gray II