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Old 04-06-2009
How can i cut first line of a file
i want to cut first line of a file and use it.It should remove that line from file content.Plz help me
# 2  
Old 04-06-2009
sed '1d' testfile
Will display the file without the 1st line in testfile.
Ex:
$ cat testfile
this is line 1
this is line 2
this is line 3
this is line 4
this is line 5
$ sed '1d' testfile
this is line 2
this is line 3
this is line 4
this is line 5
# 3  
Old 04-06-2009
Code:
head -1 filename 

or 

sed '1d' filename >newfile

newfile will contain the firstline of the file.

Thanks
NT
# 4  
Old 04-06-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by arghya_owen
i want to cut first line of a file and use it.It should remove that line from file content.
Code:
{
  IFS= read -r line  ## First line is stored in $line
  cat
} < "$FILE" > tempfile && mv tempfile "$FILE"

printf "first line is '%s'\n" "$line"

# 5  
Old 04-06-2009
more +2 file > newfile
# 6  
Old 04-07-2009
And another one Smilie
Code:
awk 'NR != 1' filename

# 7  
Old 04-07-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by namishtiwari
head -1 filename
This will display only the first line but the requirement is he wants to display except 1st line...

One more

Code:
tail +2 filename
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