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# 1  
Old 07-26-2010
Java Delete some lines in a file
hi i need to delete 3 lines (last 3 lines ) in a file


for ex :

>cat file
1
2
3
4
5
abc
def
ghi


i hav to delete last 3 line in above file

please help me
# 2  
Old 07-26-2010
Code:
 head -3 file



---------- Post updated at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:13 AM ----------

Code:
#!/bin/bash

OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=$'\n'
var=($(<file))
len=${#var[*]}
for((i=0;i<$((len-3));i++))
do
  echo "${var[$i]}"
done
IFS="$OLDIFS"

Last edited by kurumi; 07-26-2010 at 02:25 AM..
# 3  
Old 07-26-2010
Code:
# sed -n "1,$(echo "`sed -n '$=' infile` - 3" |bc) p" infile
1
2
3
4
5

Last edited by ygemici; 07-28-2010 at 03:35 PM..
# 4  
Old 07-26-2010
I love how many different ways there are to do the same task for something like this...

head -n -3 is the best option...

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

while (<>) {
$x = $x . $_;
}
$x =~ sm/\n.*\n.*\n.*$//g;
print $x;

# 5  
Old 07-28-2010
can u explain this cmd

sed -n "1,$(echo "`sed -n '$=' al` - 3" |bc) p" infile

i can't understand whr we hav to give file name
# 6  
Old 07-28-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ponmuthu
can u explain this cmd

sed -n "1,$(echo "`sed -n '$=' infile` - 3" |bc) p" infile

i can't understand whr we hav to give file name
# echo "`sed -n '$=' infile` - 3" |bc --->
sed -n '$=' infile ---> only print last line number ---> equal 8
and minus 3 eqaul 5
and sed -n "1,5p" --> only print 1 between 5 number line
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