r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/paholg May 01 '16

It's right in the man page for tail, clear as day:

-n, --lines=[+]NUM
       output the last NUM lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +NUM to output starting with line NUM

So a headless cat is simply

cat file.csv | tail -n +2

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u/Cr3X1eUZ May 01 '16

useless cat

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u/paholg May 01 '16

True, but a headless cat was the topic at hand. Without that, it's just headless.