how to overwrite a particular line of a file

[kkpal]

hi all

what is command for overwriting a particular line (number 113) of a text file using Bash script.

Regards
Komal K Pal

[colucix]

You can try sed specifying the line number and substituting any sequence of characters with the new text:

sed 113s/.*/new text here/ file

if you want to edit file in place, use the -i option, but before doing this, test the results or make a backup copy of the original file.