I must learn to read properly some day. Thanks.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Ejnar Z Rath <[email protected]> wrote:

> head -n-<N>
>
> to print all but the last <N> lines.
>
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> From:   "McKown, John" <[email protected]>
> To:     [email protected],
> Date:   2013/03/26 13:55
> Subject:        command needed which will print all lines in a file,
> except for the _last_ "n".
> Sent by:        Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]>
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>
> OK. I know that I can use head to print the first "n" lines in a file
> (head -n 20 file). I can use tail to print the last "n" lines in a file
> (tail -n 20 file) , or start printing all lines in a file after line "n"
> (tail -n +20 file). But I need to a way to print all the lines in a file,
> except for the last "n". I.e. lines 1 through "n-1". Is there one that I'm
> missing? Or do I need to whip up a fast Perl script myself?
>
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