Command to delete first line from a text file 1

[navink123]

I have a large text file. The first line of this file is the record count of that file. What would be the command to delete this line from the file. It is a very large file. So I cannot open it in vi and delete the line.
Thanks
Navin

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Try this:

sed '1d' bigfile > bigfile.new


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The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it. -- Chinese proverb

 

[PHV]

You can try something like this:

awk 'NR>1{print >FILENAME".tmp"}
END{system("mv "FILENAME".tmp "FILENAME)}' /path/to/file

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[bigoldbulldog]

How about ex or ed.

e.g.

ed -s file << EOF
1
d
w
q
EOF



Cheers,
ND

bigoldbulldog@hotmail.com

 

[mrmac228]

tail +2 filename > newfile


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