head -n -$N inputFile > outputFile
Where $N is the number of the line from the end which you want to stop printing.
For example if you want to delete the last line you must issue the following:
head -n -1 inputFile > outputFile
tail -n +$N inputFile > outputFile
Where $N is the number of the line which you want to start printing from.
For example if you want to delete only the first line / start printing from the second line you must issue the following:
tail -n +2 inputFile > outputFile
tail -n +2 someFile
*Notes: You MUST include the + sign or else the last 2 lines will be printed instead.
To remove N lines from the start of the file
tail -n +$M someFile
*NOTES: M = N + 1
You MUST include the + sign in-front of the number M or else the output will be the last M lines instead.
