Re^2: Deleting first and last lines of a text file

Hi Gurus I just checked the file is having another extra line in the last "^Z" character. so I should remove last 2 lines and first line sorry for the correction. please help! Thanks VJ

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Re^3: Deleting first and last lines of a text file by morgon (Priest) on May 16, 2014 at 12:00 UTC
This deletes the fist line and the last 2 lines of input.txt and keeps a copy of the old version in input.txt.old. `perl -i.old -ne 'my $l = <>; print($l), next if $.==2; print "$_$l" un +less eof' input.txt` [download] Note that this is a one-liner to be run as is from the command-line (adjust your input file-name).	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Deleting first and last lines of a text file by vsmeruga (Acolyte) on May 16, 2014 at 12:36 UTC
It is taking so much time and not exiting when I run it as a one liner. `perl -i.old -ne 'my $l = <>; print($l), next if $.==2; print "$_$l" un +less eof' /home/file_20140319.txt` [download]	[reply] [d/l]