[Linux-disciples] Deleting the first N lines of a file

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:55:49PM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> head -n -N [filename] > end.txt
> mv end.txt [filename]

head -n -M [filename] | sponge [filename]

Why does it need to be so fast? Maybe you're asking the wrong question.
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