Delete first and last line or record from file using sed

Question

I want to delete first and last line from the file

file1 code :

H|ACCT|XEC|1|TEMP|20130215035845|

849002|48|1208004|1

849007|28|1208004|1

T|2

After delete the output should be

849002|48|1208004|1

849007|28|1208004|1

I have tried below method but has to run it 2 times, I want one liner solution to remove both in one go!

sed '1,1d' file1.txt  >> file1.out
sed '$d' file1.out  >> file2

Please suggest one liner code....

Answer 1

You could use ;

sed '1d; $d' file

Answer 2

Use Command Separator

In sed, you can separate commands using a semicolon. For example:

sed '1d; $d' /path/to/file