remove last 10 rows of a csv file in bash












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i have a CSV file and want to remove the last 10 records or rows of it so if we have 100 records (100 rows) so i can delete last 10 and have just 90 rows
and i want to do it in bash(or node js if you know how to do it)










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  • What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:06













  • how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:09






  • 2





    Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:11






  • 1





    Are you confusing rows and columns?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:13











  • i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:48
















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i have a CSV file and want to remove the last 10 records or rows of it so if we have 100 records (100 rows) so i can delete last 10 and have just 90 rows
and i want to do it in bash(or node js if you know how to do it)










share|improve this question























  • What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:06













  • how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:09






  • 2





    Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:11






  • 1





    Are you confusing rows and columns?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:13











  • i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:48














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i have a CSV file and want to remove the last 10 records or rows of it so if we have 100 records (100 rows) so i can delete last 10 and have just 90 rows
and i want to do it in bash(or node js if you know how to do it)










share|improve this question














i have a CSV file and want to remove the last 10 records or rows of it so if we have 100 records (100 rows) so i can delete last 10 and have just 90 rows
and i want to do it in bash(or node js if you know how to do it)







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  • What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:06













  • how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:09






  • 2





    Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:11






  • 1





    Are you confusing rows and columns?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:13











  • i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:48



















  • What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:06













  • how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:09






  • 2





    Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:11






  • 1





    Are you confusing rows and columns?

    – Cyrus
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:13











  • i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:48

















What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 11:06







What did you try? You can easily get it done with head.

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 11:06















how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:09





how can i do this with head? i did this head -n 5 sample.csv but it removes 5 line from the csv not 5 rows

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:09




2




2





Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 11:11





Wait, what's the difference between a row and a line?

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 11:11




1




1





Are you confusing rows and columns?

– Cyrus
Nov 24 '18 at 11:13





Are you confusing rows and columns?

– Cyrus
Nov 24 '18 at 11:13













i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:48





i dont want to remove 10 line i want to remove 10 row

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:48












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Use the head command with a negative value of n to remove the n last lines (you're talking about rows, I assumed it was lines):



head -n -10 file.csv





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:28











  • this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:52











  • @VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:12













  • @VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 14:19













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Use the head command with a negative value of n to remove the n last lines (you're talking about rows, I assumed it was lines):



head -n -10 file.csv





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:28











  • this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:52











  • @VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:12













  • @VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 14:19


















2














Use the head command with a negative value of n to remove the n last lines (you're talking about rows, I assumed it was lines):



head -n -10 file.csv





share|improve this answer


























  • Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:28











  • this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:52











  • @VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:12













  • @VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 14:19
















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Use the head command with a negative value of n to remove the n last lines (you're talking about rows, I assumed it was lines):



head -n -10 file.csv





share|improve this answer















Use the head command with a negative value of n to remove the n last lines (you're talking about rows, I assumed it was lines):



head -n -10 file.csv






share|improve this answer














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  • Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:28











  • this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:52











  • @VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:12













  • @VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 14:19





















  • Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:28











  • this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

    – Vfx Master
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:52











  • @VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:12













  • @VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

    – Amessihel
    Nov 24 '18 at 14:19



















Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:28





Thanks man it worked but with head -n -10 file.csv it removes 2 row,with -n -100 it removes 8 rows and with -n -300 removes 23 rows and i have no idea how this works but thx anyway as it solves my problem

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:28













this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:52





this code removes 10 line from the last how can i remove 10 rows from the last?

– Vfx Master
Nov 24 '18 at 11:52













@VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 13:12







@VfxMaster, I still don't understand what you mean by row, and what's the difference with a line. Also your results (2 rows for 10 lines, and so on) are pretty surprising. Maybe you could past it on a pastebin site and add a link here (be careful with sensitive datas).

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 13:12















@VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 14:19







@VfxMaster, also check out your ends of line. Are they a mix of Windows and Unix? Execute dos2unix your_file.csv to fix it just in case.

– Amessihel
Nov 24 '18 at 14:19






















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