Skipping the first n lines when using regex with sed?

Question

In sed, is it possible to skip the first n lines when applying a regex? I am currently using the following:

cat test | sed \'/^Name/d;/^--------         


        

Answer 1

Yes, you can apply sed commands to ranges of lines with the N,M syntax. In this case you want something like this:

sed -e '2,$s/foo/bar/'

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An example with delete:

sed -e '2,${ /^Name/d }'