07-21-2009
Finding a flatfile & deleting first line
I have a small script where I want to see if a file exists & then delete the first line from it.
I have code to help me find if the file exists, but I am unsure as to how to then take in the answer and remove the first line from the flatfile:
This is what I have so far just to output if the file exists:
for a in $(cat ~/scripts/test.txt)
do
if [ -f $DEST/$a ]
then
echo file $a exists >> ~/scripts/test2.txt
else
echo file $a does not exist >> ~/scripts/test3.txt
fi
done
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sieveshell
SIEVESHELL(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SIEVESHELL(1)
NAME
sieveshell - remotely manipulate sieve scripts
SYNOPSIS
sieveshell [--user=user] [--authname=authname] [--realm=realm] [--exec=script] server[:port]
sieveshell --help
DESCRIPTION
sieveshell allows users to manipulate their scripts on a remote server. It works via MANAGESIEVE, a work in progress.
The following commands are recognized:
list list scripts on server.
put <filename> upload script to server.
get <name> [<filename>] get script. if no filename display to stdout
delete <name> delete script.
activate <name> activate script.
deactivate deactivate all scripts.
OPTIONS
-u user, --user=user
The authorization name to request; by default, derived from the authentication credentials.
-a authname, --authname=authname
The user to use for authentication (defaults to current user).
-r realm, --realm=realm
The realm to attempt authentication in.
-e script, --exec=script
Instead of working interactively, run commands from script, and exit when done.
REFERENCES
[MANAGESIEVE] Martin, T.; "A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts", draft-ietf-managesieve-03.txt, Mirapoint, Inc.; May 2001, work
in progress.
AUTHOR
Tim Martin <tmartin@mirapoint.com>, and the rest of the Cyrus team <cyrus-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu>.
perl v5.10.0 2008-04-04 SIEVESHELL(1)