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Old 03-28-2006
File funda
hi,

I want to read a file from some particular line(lets say line 3 from the begining) to end of file. How to do this?

Thanks in advance!
Chirag
# 2  
Old 03-28-2006
tail +3 yourfile
# 3  
Old 03-28-2006
Thanks much.....
# 4  
Old 03-28-2006
Hey...one more thing

How to read files from a particular line to end of file?

This particular line will be decided by the particular string.

Suppose, my string is "what the heck??" which is at line 22 then i want to get file from line 22 to EOF. How to do this?

Thanks,
Chirag
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Old 03-28-2006
Code:
sed -n '/what the heck/,$p' myFile.txt

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Old 03-28-2006
Thanks buddy!
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