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Truncate Lines
Keep or remove first N lines
By Craftisle Team
About Truncate Lines — Free Online Tool
Truncate lines in text. Keep first N lines or remove first N lines. Useful for extracting headers, removing introductions, and processing text in batches. Optionally preserve or remove empty lines.
How to Use Truncate Lines — Step by Step
- Paste your text
Type or paste text with multiple lines.
- Choose mode
Select 'Keep first N lines' or 'Remove first N lines'.
- Set number of lines
Enter how many lines to keep or remove.
- Truncate
Click Truncate. The truncated text appears in output.
Use Cases for Truncate Lines
Extract headers
Keep first line of CSV/text files as headers.
Remove introductions
Remove first N lines (introduction) from text.
Process in batches
Extract first N lines for batch processing.
FAQ — Truncate Lines Free Online Tool
What does 'Keep first N lines' mean?
Only the first N lines are kept. The rest are removed.
What does 'Remove first N lines' mean?
The first N lines are removed. The rest are kept.