Read in specific line numbers from a text file (very large 1.5GB) using PowerShell

Hi all,

I have a large file (a text file) which is over 1.5GB in size. 

I need to read in specific line numbers from the file, I have a list of exact line numbers I wish to read.

If I use "get-content" to read in all the contents, PowerShell consumes 1.3GB in memory then crashes out.  I don't have enough memory to cope with using get-content to read in all the contents.

Is there any way of doing the following:

       $entry = get %linenumber% from %filename%

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Kathy

Kathleen Hayhurst Senior IT Support Analyst