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Old 07-21-2010
Java please help me in file handling

sir i have to get first line from a file
for example

>cat file1
abc
zxc
asd
adsf

from that file1 i need only first line

expected result
>abc

please help me !
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Old 07-21-2010
Check out the man page for head.

Last edited by Scott; 07-21-2010 at 05:11 AM..
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