Re^2: How can I grab the last 2 lines of a file?

Clever solution ++

... if you're on a *NIX system, or on a system that otherwise has the tail executable installed somewhere in its PATH.

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Re^3: How can I grab the last 2 lines of a file? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 20, 2014 at 12:28 UTC
Hi Monks! I came across this post and it seems very helpful to a snippet of code i am trying to put together...Actually, I am interested in exactly the same thing as requested here, with the exception of removing these N (e.g. 2) lines from the file...It this possible?	[reply]
Re^4: How can I grab the last 2 lines of a file? (truncate) by LanX (Saint) on Sep 20, 2014 at 13:53 UTC
> removing these N (e.g. 2) lines from the file...It this possible? This it! See `truncate`. But you need to know the start of the lines to be dropped (see `tell` ), so the same techniques apply like described in this thread. edit Of course much easier if the length of the lines to be skipped are already known. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}	[reply]