How to get last 450 lines from large txt document via CMD?

Question

I'm looking for solution, how to get last 450 lines from large txt document using BATCH files.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

possible duplicate: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/523181/cmd-exe-batch-script-to-display-last-10-lines-from-a-txt-file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/523181/cmd-exe-batch-script-to-display-last-10-lines-from-a-txt-file) — wmz, Feb 12 '12 at 11:08
I just posted an improved batch solution http://stackoverflow.com/a/9251975/1012053 as an answer to the question cited in the previous comment. It can efficiently print the last 450 lines without pausing. — dbenham, Feb 12 '12 at 19:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '12 at 09:41

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You can get tail.exe from GnuWin32 (package TextUtils) or UnxUtils.

Then:

tail -450 file

answered Feb 12 '12 at 09:41

Benoit

Can I write these 450 lines in another txt file? – Volodymyr Prysiazhniuk Feb 12 '12 at 09:46
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@Volodymyr Prysiazhniuk: Probably you need to read the basics about batch scripts. Use `> file` to redirect output to a file, for any program, and ` 2> errfile` to redirect error messages to a 2nd file (`2>&1` to redirect the merge the errors and the standard output). – Benoit Feb 12 '12 at 09:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '14 at 10:54

The hybrid batch file findrepl.bat (by aacini) that uses native scripting is robust and quick on large files.

findrepl /o:-450 <file.txt >newfile.txt

This uses a helper batch file called findrepl.bat (by aacini) - download from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfdldmcb6vwi9xc/findrepl.bat

Place findrepl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or on the path.

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