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# 1  
Old 12-18-2012
Debian Merging File with headers
Hi I need to merge 4 files. The issue i am facing is all the files have headers and i do not want them in the final output file. Can anybody suggest how to do it?
# 2  
Old 12-18-2012
try

Code:
for FILE in *
do
        exec 5<"$FILE" 
        read LINE <&5 
        [ -z "$FIRST" ] && echo "$LINE" 
        FIRST="no"

        cat <&5 
        exec 5<&- 
        
done > merged.file

# 3  
Old 12-18-2012
can i have a awk one liner for this?
# 4  
Old 12-18-2012
try:
Code:
awk 'FNR>1' file1 file2 file3 file4 > new_file

# 5  
Old 12-18-2012
Code:
awk -v var=`wc -l < files ` 'NR>1 && /Header row/ {next}{print}' files

# 6  
Old 12-18-2012
Thanks very much for the answers . sorry for late response i just came back from office.
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