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Removing top 3 lines from text file

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Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can remove the top 3 lines from a text file using unix shell scripting. I've been using the korn shell but can't work out how to do it. Cheers, Andy

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You need to use Sed. Google is your friend.

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hi, maybe my script will help you -- cut here ----- #!/bin/sh #get lines of the file lines=$(grep -c "" $1) #sub 3 li=$(($lines-3)) #print lines except first three tail -n $li $1 -- cut here ----- first parameter is the filename to cut the first 3 lines example (script is called cutfirst3.sh): sh cutfirst3.sh textfile.txt > newtextfile.txt in the "newtextfile.txt" the first 3 lines are removed regards

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sed '1,3d' mydata > newfile

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