Truncate File contain

rinku · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007

I have one file which first line is blank and second line has some data.
$cat filename
output:

30-MAY-07
I want to store 30-MAY-07 value in one variable.
for that I wrote
var="`head -2 filename`"
It will give that result but I want to truncate the first line which is blank.

plz help.

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007

Code:

var=$(<filename)
echo $var

anbu23 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007

Code:

var=$( printf "%s" $(<filename) )

Code:

var=$( sed -n '2{p;q;}' filename)

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