questo script dovrebbe fare al caso tuo

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#!/bin/bash

count=1;
nomeFile="file_name"

for riga in `cat $nomeFile|awk {'print $2'}`
do
if [ $riga -gt $1 ]; then
let count=count+1
fi
done

echo `head -$count $nomeFile |tail -1`

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by zampa