So the paragraph is defined by having a empty line at the end.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc et nisi tristique, facilisis orci nec, pellentesque tortor. Suspendisse mattis, would end up asNunc et nisi tristique, facilisis orci nec, pellentesque tortor. Suspendisse mattis, 
How can I use sed to remove the first paragraph of the file?
sed;regular expression
You already have a great sed approach so here's a Perl way:$ perl -00ne 'print if $.>1' file The -00 turns on paragraph mode where a line is defined by \n\n. Then, we print only if the current line number ($.) is >1.