Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!chilko.ucs.ubc.ca!wangf From: wangf@unixg.ubc.ca (Frank Wang) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: need help on unix Message-ID: <1991Jun11.004109.21966@unixg.ubc.ca> Date: 11 Jun 91 00:41:09 GMT Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Distribution: na Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 5 Nntp-Posting-Host: chilko.ucs.ubc.ca Does anyone out there know how to delete the first few lines or the last few lines from a file without evoke a editor? The reason is the file is too large to be edited. Thanks in advance.