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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T05:19:36+00:00 2026-05-24T05:19:36+00:00

I have a very large error log file( around 200 MB),in a remote server

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I have a very large error log file( around 200 MB),in a remote server

I want to delete some last 125,000 lines from it, using command prompt

How can i do this

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    2026-05-24T05:19:37+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 5:19 am
    head -n -125000 logfile
    

    will get you all but the last 125000 lines from a file named logfile. If there are less than 125,000 lines you will get nothing.

    Perhaps you should be looking into logrotate instead.

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