AWK ... Delete first 56 lines of a file 2

[globemast]

Hello,

I would like to delete the first 56 lines of a file that i have using AWK.

Could you give me some help on this..

Thanks in advance.

 

[ranjit]

[tt]
Perhaps using an array:

$ cat script
{a[NR]=$0}

END {
for(i=57;i<=NR;i++)
print a
}

$ awk -f script datafile




[/tt]

 

[geirendre]

awk 'NR > 56' /path/to/originalfile.txt > newfile.txt

http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/awk/awk1line.txt

HTH

 

[globemast]

Thanks geirendre,

That worked fine.

Thanks also to everyone else that replied to this question.