On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:42:15AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > I want to merge the contents of one file with the bottom X lines of > another. This works: > > cat file1 > EndResultFile && tail +20 file2 >> EndResultFile > > Is this adequate, or is there a better way to do it?
Well I don't know if it's "better" but you could do it in less characters if you use a command group, ie (cat file1 && tail +20 file2) > EndResultFile Also doesn't "+20" give you line 20 and everything after it? So for "the bottom X lines" you would want "-n X" or simply "-X". -- Nicholas Lativy http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lativy
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