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Cut first 3 lines of a file?

 
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Coolmar
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тАО01-15-2007 05:47 AM

тАО01-15-2007 05:47 AM

Cut first 3 lines of a file?

How can I remove/cut the first three lines out of a file?

Thanks,
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Rick Garland
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тАО01-15-2007 05:53 AM

тАО01-15-2007 05:53 AM

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Re: Cut first 3 lines of a file?

1 way is to pipe thru sed
cat $FILE | sed -e '1,3d'

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James R. Ferguson
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тАО01-15-2007 05:55 AM

тАО01-15-2007 05:55 AM

Re: Cut first 3 lines of a file?

Hi:

# sed -ne '4,$p' file

...prints a file minus the first three lines (numbered from *one*.

Regards!

...JRF...
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Coolmar
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тАО01-15-2007 05:58 AM

тАО01-15-2007 05:58 AM

Re: Cut first 3 lines of a file?

Thanks!
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Denver Osborn
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тАО01-15-2007 02:22 PM

тАО01-15-2007 02:22 PM

Re: Cut first 3 lines of a file?

awk 'NR > 3' file

-denver
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