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Created September 6, 2012 15:47
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reverse truncate a file
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gistfile1.sh
Reverse-truncate a file, leaving the last 100 lines intact:
sed -i '' '1,100d' FILENAME
or with backups:
sed -i .bak '1,100d' FILENAME
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