File processing

[Harald Kirsch]

"Chris McMillan" <christopherjmcmillan at eaton.com> writes:

> Hello all!
> 
> I'm trying to write a script that will open a file, delete the first line,
> and then save the file with the same name.  Can someone please point me in
> the right direction?  Thanks!


Umpf. I really like python, but sometimes other solutions are less
cumbersome. With bash it's a one-liner like:

  for x in *; do y=`basename $x`.new; tail +1 $x >$y; mv $y $x; done

Sorry, couldn't read from your message if you are on Microsoft where
a bash script usually does not help a lot.

  Harald Kirsch

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