Re: cut off last lines of a document

Am 01.09.23 um 10:43 schrieb Ede Wolf:
> Hello,
> 
>  From a file/output with an unknown amount of lines, I would like to 
> filter out, or not display, the last 3 lines. Is there a way to archive 
> this?
> 
> For those also using linux, there is a "head -n -3" for this. That 
> negative number option is not available on FreeBSD, but maybe there is 
> an alterative way of doing this? Preferably /bin/sh compatible.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ede
> 

As a sidenote: If possible, I would like to avoid using "tail -r | tail 
-n +4 | tail -r" as well, as it again is specific to FreeBSD, so if 
there is a more universal solution, that would be preferred. Even though 
this of course is a FreeBSD mailing list.