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How can I select the lines from the second line to the line before the last line of a file by using head and tail in unix?
For example if my file has 15 lines I want to select lines from 2 to 14.
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To look at the last few lines of a file, use the tail command. tail works the same way as head: type tail and the filename to see the last 10 lines of that file, or type tail -number filename to see the last number lines of the file. Try using tail to look at the last five lines of your . profile or .
head -2 creates a file of two lines. tail -1 prints out the last line in the file.
Use the tail command to write the file specified by the File parameter to standard output beginning at a specified point. This displays the last 10 lines of the accounts file. The tail command continues to display lines as they are added to the accounts file.
In short press the Esc key and then press Shift + G to move cursor to end of file in vi or vim text editor under Linux and Unix-like systems.
tail -n +2 /path/to/file | head -n -1
perl -ne 'print if($.!=1 and !(eof))' your_file
tested below:
> cat temp
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
> perl -ne 'print if($.!=1 and !(eof))' temp
2
3
4
5
6
>
alternatively in awk you can use below:
awk '{a[count++]=$0}END{for(i=1;i<count-1;i++) print a[i]}' your_file
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