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Old 11-03-2009
del 1st 2 lines
filename.txt

Code:
VOL1000499
HDR1ACHTAP           
101 031100225 0311002250911030803A094101WACHOVIA BANK OF 
5200MASTER PAY GROUP                    4231352166PPDAP PAYMENT      091026   1031100220000001
6221110000123756570069       00071351691000-     4022 FISHER HEALTHCARE       0031100220000001
6221110000123756570069       00030000001000-     4022 FISHER HEALTHCARE       0031100220000002


currently, i head -2 filename.txt, and using grep -v line1 and line2

is it a better way to del the 1st 2 lines ?
Last edited by vgersh99; 11-03-2009 at 01:11 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 11-03-2009
Code:
sed -n '3,$p' myFIle

look into sed1liners.
# 3  
Old 11-03-2009
1. use tail

Code:
tail -n +3 filename.txt

2. sed
Code:
sed '1d;2d' filename.txt

or

Code:
sed '1,2d' filename.txt

# 4  
Old 11-03-2009
thank you much. all solutions worked.
# 5  
Old 02-23-2010
Bug
Try the below sed command for deleting the first two lines in the file.

sed '3,$!d' file
 
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