nsbin/remove_first_lines

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
# Date: 15-Sep-2004
# Last Modified: -
#
# Removes the first n lines
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo "$0: "'<lines_to_cut> <file>'
exit 1
fi
CUT_LINES=$1
FILE=$2
LINES=`cat "$FILE" | wc -l`
TAIL_LINES=`echo "${LINES}-${CUT_LINES}" | bc`
echo $TAIL_LINES
tail -n "$TAIL_LINES" "$FILE"