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| + | ====== Using TAIL to Output All But the First Line of a Text File ====== | ||
| + | You can use the //tail// command to output all but the first line, or first few lines, of a particular text file. Here's an example. | ||
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| + | tail +2 input.txt | ||
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| + | This works very similar to the //cat// command. Instead of outputting the entire file, however, it skips to the second (+2) line. This is great for outputting a CSV file while skipping the header line in that file. | ||