From nobody Fri Sep 01 09:37:32 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4RcXxy3G11z4sJGL for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listac@nebelschwaden.de) Received: from mail.worldserver.net (mail.worldserver.net [217.13.200.36]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.worldserver.net", Issuer "EuropeanSSL Server CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4RcXxx0p27z3Wt2 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listac@nebelschwaden.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=nebelschwaden.de header.s=1687803001 header.b=VMQB+bXD; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of listac@nebelschwaden.de designates 217.13.200.36 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=listac@nebelschwaden.de; dmarc=none Received: from postpony.nebelschwaden.de (v22018114346177759.hotsrv.de [194.55.14.20]) (Authenticated sender: sendmail@nebelschwaden.de) by mail.worldserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 81CDA1E0B32 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:37:35 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=nebelschwaden.de; s=1687803001; t=1693561055; bh=D4ov/fQ/S6Zgk63CW0ursoUVeTBSaAyBBYGBbmF9l+4=; h=Date:Reply-To:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=VMQB+bXDoEeuRPN5aYZXfXLILcvXzwLctbPPwxwE82dYAQUMHEobf9fhQWtPy2Kib pPGbS2KbtadklGQWq+KPAj6rUfOC5l2NKg5jUtjnJTN3wMCn2hYue4rL4g6p1a+Gnk +NN9+fnPTfuwIlZeHpBl/DLVfzhY6Kg/qFJWCaEUKpWrNxtzg50cOgcx1Ydebg2ThU uChMcQCG55GS4U5XfRLDBje47er2uw1OXLxcsKKiRJNkl1c6UCxyqvcw65De+j3KRI ctv7m+70Qdp6aOQJ94A3g9Q+0GGdhMeMNMyEWraJfTD+S2EkyE3RxCUA6Lo/OTIirs Ctd2OLUsQlNbQ== Received: from [172.16.37.5] (kaperfahrt.nebelschwaden.de [172.16.37.5]) by postpony.nebelschwaden.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1A6112466 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:37:32 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:37:32 +0200 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Reply-To: listac@nebelschwaden.de Subject: Re: cut off last lines of a document To: questions@freebsd.org References: <57be5495-97f8-4f22-9ae2-cd9712596e64@nebelschwaden.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Ede Wolf In-Reply-To: <57be5495-97f8-4f22-9ae2-cd9712596e64@nebelschwaden.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.59 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.13.200.0/24]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[nebelschwaden.de:s=1687803001]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[217.13.200.36:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[nebelschwaden.de]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[listac@nebelschwaden.de]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15657, ipnet:217.13.192.0/20, country:DE]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[nebelschwaden.de:+]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4RcXxx0p27z3Wt2 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.