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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