In shell skipping lines -

i have flat file ,which reading using loop within loop want read 1st line , skip next line. example

devicename1 ip address model location devicename2 ip address model location devicename3 ip address model location 

kindly guide me..

thanks

you can use simple sed command:

sed -n 'p;n' filename 

output:

devicename1 ip address model devicename2 ip address model devicename3 ip address model