Ignore the first line in a text file

Problem:
    ignore the first line in a text file under Linux

Solution:
    1)  cat file |awk 'NR>1{print$0}'
    2)  cat file |sed 1d


Example:
$ cat file
1000    1000
8       8
2       -2
3       0
7       5

$ cat file |sed 1d

8       8
2       -2
3       0
7       5