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deleting lines in a log file
Is there an easy way to delete the first so many lines in a log file?
like I have a log file that has 10000 lines, i want to just get rid of the first 9000. 
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Use tail to get the last bunch to a tmp file, remove/truncate this file, then move the tmp file over to the original.
If you don't want to use a tmp file, use ex. Can't tell you how that might go, cause don't have access to a nix box now.
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take a look at SED 1-liners
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