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Asked: 2026-05-16T23:59:31+00:00

The end of git status looks like this: # Untracked files: # (use git

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The end of git status looks like this:

# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       Classes/Default.png
#       Classes/Default@2x.png
...

Since you might have any number of untracked files, I’m trying to tail from the end of the file to “Untracked files” and save it to a temp file, strip out the first three lines and convert the filenames to git add Classes/…

I can’t seem to find a good way (other than maybe a different language) to tail up to a searchable expression. Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use the tail command:

    tail -$(($(wc -l < file.txt) - $(grep -n "Untracked files" file.txt|cut -d: -f1) - 2)) file.txt

    How it works:
    total number of lines in file = wc -l < file.txt
    line number of “Untracked files” = grep -n "Untracked files" file.txt|cut -d: -f1
    The -2 is to remove the top lines

    Complete command with git add:

    tail -$(($(wc -l < file.txt) - $(grep -n "Untracked files" file.txt|cut -d: -f1) - 2)) file.txt | tr -d '#'| while read line; do echo git add $line; done
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