SED how can I delete 1st record and keep the rest 1

[marrow]

I want to run "iostat -xtc 2 5 and
delete first set of "extended" stats and print 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th set using SED.

 

[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your code are you stuck ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[SamBones]

How about...

#!/bin/ksh

typeset -i LINES=$(iostat -xtc|wc -l)
iostat -xtc 2 5 | sed "1,${LINES}d"

Not very fancy, but it works.

 

[marrow]

Thank you Sam that works a treat. Thanks FYI PHV i tried iostat -xtc 2 5|sed '/extended/,/id/d' that was no good, took out all the headings! Tried a number of variations which failed, I'm sure there are numerous ways to do this but my SED is rusty and I was hacking out too many lines and headings.