Re: What is the largest file I can edit using vim?

Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de> wrote:

> forgett about vim, on linux just do:
> tail -n +10 file.sql  | head -n +10 > trimmed.sql

Many people posted solutions with head and tail that don't work.

Here is one that works:

$ sed 1,10d < input.txt | tac | sed 1,10d | tac > output.txt

Here is another one, faster but uglier:

$ perl -ne 'print $l[$.%10] if ($. >= 10*2); $l[$.%10] = $_' input.txt
> output.txt

-- Dominique

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