Everything except last two lines of file 3

[smicro]

Is there a way to print all lines except the last two. I have the below command which prints the last two lines but I need it to print the opposite, everything except the last two lines. The number of lines will always be different but I need it to consistently not print the last two lines. Basically this is to get a listing of files to delete for a certain size and the last two created we didn't want to delete. Thanks.

ls -l | awk '{if ($5 >314572800) print $0}' |tail -2

 

[KenCunningham]

Thread822-1615529 might give you some ideas to work with.

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[Annihilannic]

Or alternatively, add them to an array and then print the contents of the array except the last two items:

ls -l | awk '{ if ($5 > 314572800) a[++i]=$0 } END { for (j=1; j<i-1; j++) print a[j] }'

Annihilannic.

 

[PHV]

the last two [!]created[/!]
ls -l[!]t[/!] | ...

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Annihilannic]

True... I sholud have said I was assuming the files are named in such a way that the newest ones will always be listed last in ls -l.

Annihilannic.

 

[smicro]

Perfect thanks Guys! Stars everywhere