Red Hat

Hi,

I'm running 2.6.9-55.ELsmp. I'm looking for a script to remove a blank line on the first line of a file. The script must also test if the file is 0k, if yes then do nothing, but if the file is > 0k then check if the first line is not blank, if yes then remove the line then save it.

Thanks

nevermind, code was not up to par

Hi,

Here is my an example of my text file toto.txt:
1:
2:werwerwrwrsfsdfsd
3:sdfsdfsdsdfsfsfsfsf
4:sdfdgerterterteterte

1-4 is just an indication of line to show you but normally there are no number there.
Line is alway blank which cause the application to hung (don't know why). By removing the blank line in toto.txt files, the process restart and application continue to work normally. Thay's why i'm thinking about creating script and have it run often to test first if the file is blank then do nothing, if not, check the 1st line, if = blank, remove, if not, do nothing.

Thanks again.

Is it the only blank line? If so, my code would work. However if it is not the only blank line, then the logic has a flaw. My colleague wrote a program that would do it, but I did not feel right using his code.

Do all blank lines hand the program?

The blank line always appear on the FIRST LINE OF THIS FILE. We have to remove ONLY THE FIRST LINE. But we must TEST before if the file is blank (0 bytes), if =0 then do nothing, else if 1st blank line exist then remove it...

Sorry what is your code again?

Thanks,