title: How to read the second-to-last line in a file using Bash?
body: <p>I have a file that has the following as the last three lines. I want to retrieve the penultimate line, i.e. <code>100.000;8438;  06:46:12</code>.</p>
  
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  99.900; 8423;   06:44:41
  100.000;8438;   06:46:12
  Number of patterns: 8438
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I don't know the line number. How can I retrieve it using a shell script? Thanks in advance for your help.</p>