Terminal: List only and specifically, the 5th file in a directory I am wondering if there is a Terminal command which will specifically list the 5th file in a directory. I was initially using the ls | head -5 command to complete this, however it listed all other files as well as the fifth, an action which is undesirable for the purpose i have in mind for the proposed command.

Thanks in advance.
In addition to head, use the tail command:

ls | head -5 | tail -n 1


where the -n 1 argument displays the last line of the input. 

For more info on the command, type man tail in Terminal.