> How do I cut or removed the lines of a file starting from the EOF (end > of the file) up to the 500th lines?
If I am understanding you want to remove all lines after the 500th line? I would tend to use vi or pico and just highlight the unwanted text and delete it. > Will tr, cut or sed be used? can someone point me to some web pages where > there are tutorials or books about tr,cut, sed or awk? Otherwise assuming it was a text file I would most likely just do: head -500 testfilename >> newfilename.txt That will take the first 500 lines of testfilename and 'copy' them into a file called newfilename.txt Hope this helps, Adam. ------------------------ Internet Alaska ------------------------- 4050 Lake Otis Adam Shand (v) +1 907 562 4638 Anchorage, Alaska Systems Administrator (f) +1 907 562 1677 ----------------- http://larry.earthlight.co.nz ------------------ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
