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Old 08-06-2010
Merge unix Files
Please help me with script

i am trying to remove the first four line from multiples files and them merge them into one file. I am using:

ls -l csddate*.txt | sed -i '4d' >> file.txt

could this work?
# 2  
Old 08-06-2010
Code:
for i in csddate*.txt
do
sed "1,4d" $i >> file.txt
done

# 3  
Old 08-07-2010
Hi

Code:
awk 'FNR>4' csddate*.txt > file.txt

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