Wow, thanks for all the help you guys!
Ming Hsu
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Baskette, John wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think you are looking for a short cut to handle a bunch of files.
>
> Here is a script that will do this for you:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> for file in $1
> do
> echo "1d\nw\nq" | ed -s $file
> done
>
> Let's call this script cut1.sh
>
> The above is bourne shell, but it should work the same if you
> specify #!/bin/bash on the first line instead.
>
> You invoke cut1.sh by entering a regular expression in single
> quotes on the command line. For example:
>
> $cut1.sh 'cr*'
>
> removes the first lines from all files that begin with cr in the current
> directory. Of course, the script must have execute permissions (chmod +x
> <name_of_script).
>
> The above script uses ed for editing each file. "1d\nw\nq" says
> delete the first line (1d), write the file (w), and quit (q).
> The \n are newline characters between the commands. You could
> use sed as in the following:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> for file in $1
> do
> cat $file | sed '1d' > tmp$$
> mv tmp$$ $file
> done
>
> The problem with sed is that it copies the input stream, edits it,
> and sends it to the output stream making you use some kind of tmp file. The
> older ed program copies the data to a buffer, edits it,
> and writes it back to the original file.
>
> John Baskette
>
> > ----------
> > From: Eugene[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:34 AM
> > To: Ming Hsu; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Deleting the first line of text files
> >
> > Edit file with <vi> and type <dd> on the line you want
> > to delete
> > (letter case is important!)
> >
> > --- Ming Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > How can I delete the first line of a text file while
> > > retaining the
> > > formatting of the files? I have a bunch of files
> > > with 360 columns of
> > > data, each for 1 degree. The problem is that they
> > > are all labeled, and
> > > matlab takes in nothing but numbers, so I have to
> > > get rid of that first
> > > line. I have looked at awk, but awk seems to do
> > > just columns. Are there
> > > some other program that would allow me to delete a
> > > row of data?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ming Hsu
> > >
> > >
> >
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Ming Hsu
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