using System; using System.Globalization; using System.Linq; using System.Collections.Generic; public class Test { public static string RemoveFirstLine(string input) { var lines = input.Split(new[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None); return string.Join(Environment.NewLine, lines.Skip(1).ToArray()); //ideone uses .NET 3.5 } public static void Main() { string str = @"-- REMOVE ME -- Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5"; str = RemoveFirstLine(str); Console.Write(str); } }