To print every N  th line, use

sed -n '0~Np'

It is written in the form first~step(print). For example, to copy every 5th line of oldfile to newfile, do

sed -n '0~5p' oldfile > newfile

sed -n '2~5p' oldfile

would print lines 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, …, up to the end of the file.

Note: This approach requires GNU sed, as the first ~step address form is a non-portable extension. (Some old versions of GNU sed may require the 5~5 form as opposed to the 0~5 form.)