#!/bin/sh
 # Shellscript:  getline - get one line of text
 # Author    :  David Waffen
 # Version    :  1.0
 ########################################################################## 
  
 PN=`basename "$0"`                      # Program name VER=`echo '$Revision: 1.0 $' | cut -d' ' -f2`
  
 Usage () {
     echo >&2 "$PN - get one line of text, $VER (hs '00) usage: $PN [line] [file ...]
  
 If no line is given, the default line is 1."
     exit 1
  
  
 Msg () {
     for i
     do echo "$PN: $i" >&2
     done
  
  
 Fatal () { Msg "$@"; exit 1; }
  
 # Check arguments before setting them
 set -- `getopt h "$@"`
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]
 do
     case "$1" in
         --)    shift; break;;
         -h)    Usage;;
         -*)    Usage;;
         *)      break;;                # First file name
     esac
     shift
 done
  
 if [ $# -gt 0 ] && expr "$1" + 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 then                                    # Seems to be a line number     Line=$1
     shift
 fi
  
 exec sed -n "${Line:-1}{p;q;}" "$@"