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1. awk-outputting input lines on specified line number

Hello,

    I have a question about awk that I have asked a number of people
about but have had no joy with. A colleague have mine has suggested that

I submit the question to this newsgroup to see if anyone can help me.

Basically is there a way that I can use awk to extract a line from an
input file and put it into an output file on a specific line number i.e.

Input file contents

Hello there how are you
today. I am fine thank
you

If I use awk '/today/' input_file to extract the line today. I am fine
thank

Is there a way that I can output the line 'today. I am fine thank' on
for instance line 5 in the output file?

Output file contents

blank line
blank line
blank line
blank line
today. I am fine thank

I would appreciate any help with this.

Thanks

Ian

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