skip

For filters.

Skip the first several rows of the input. Counterpart of `drop`. Opposite of `first`. For binary input, n can also be specified as a filesize.

Command Type

built-in

Signature

> skip {flags} (n)

Parameters

n: The number of elements to skip.

Input/output types:

input	output
table	table
binary	binary
list<any>	list<any>

Examples

Skip the first value of a list.

> [2 4 6 8] | skip 1
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 4 │
│ 1 │ 6 │
│ 2 │ 8 │
╰───┴───╯

Skip two rows of a table.

> [[editions]; [2015] [2018] [2021]] | skip 2
╭───┬──────────╮
│ # │ editions │
├───┼──────────┤
│ 0 │     2021 │
╰───┴──────────╯

Skip 2 bytes of a binary value.

> 0x[01 23 45 67] | skip 2
Length: 2 (0x2) bytes | null_char printable whitespace ascii_other non_ascii
00000000:   45 67                                                Eg

Skip 2 bytes of a binary value, using a filesize argument.

> 0x[01 23 45 67] | skip 2b
Length: 2 (0x2) bytes | null_char printable whitespace ascii_other non_ascii
00000000:   45 67                                                Eg

Notes

To skip specific numbered rows, try drop nth. To skip specific named columns, try reject.

Subcommands:

name	description	type
`skip until`	Skip elements of the input until a predicate is true.	built-in
`skip while`	Skip elements of the input while a predicate is true.	built-in

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