What's the opposite of head? I want all but the first N lines of a file

Question

Given a text file of unknown length, how can I read, for example all but the first 2 lines of the file? I know tail will give me the last N lines, but

Answer 1

using awk to get all but the last 2 line

awk 'FNR==NR{n=FNR}FNR<=n-3{print}' file file

awk to get all but the first 2 lines

awk 'NR>2' file

OR you can use more

more +2 file

or just bash

#!/bin/bash

i=0
while read -r line
do
  [[ $i > 1 ]] && echo "$line"
  ((i++))
done <"file"