How to remove first 2 lines of a file in a script

cfaj · 02-18-2007, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by makyo

Hi.

Here is an alternative to sed for skipping the first 2 lines of a file, namely by using tail:
[CODE]#!/bin/sh

# @(#) s1 Demonstrate tail copying from beginning.

rm -f t1 t2
seq 100 >t1
L1=$( cat t1 | wc -l )

Why are you using cat?

Code:

L1=$( wc -l < t1 )

makyo · 02-19-2007, 07:08 AM

Hi, cfaj.

Left-over habit. Thanks for pointing out the better construction ... cheers, makyo