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Old 05-31-2006
Removing a particular line from a text file
Hi,
I have a file called inp.txt
the contents of the file are as follows

MANI123|23|41
MANI123|96|23

I want to reove the first line of this file. How can I do it.

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 05-31-2006
Code:
sed '1,1d' filename > newfile

Removes the first physical line in the file
# 3  
Old 05-31-2006
Hi,

Thanks. It worked
# 4  
Old 05-31-2006
Hi,

How will I check whether the first line is starting with a "|" or not. That is if the input file is like this:
|MANI124 45

I shud give it as an error. Basically I shoud check if the line starts with a "|" symbol or not. How can I do it?

Thanks in advance
# 5  
Old 05-31-2006
what else u can try is
Open the file in VI editor
place the curser at the left most of the line.
Press "Esc dd" (esc and then d button two times)
# 6  
Old 05-31-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by sendhilmani123
Hi,

How will I check whether the first line is starting with a "|" or not. That is if the input file is like this:
|MANI124 45

I shud give it as an error. Basically I shoud check if the line starts with a "|" symbol or not. How can I do it?

Thanks in advance
Code:
echo "|MANI123|23|41 " | grep -q "^|" && echo " Starts with |" || echo "Doesnt start with |"

If you dont like the echo statements, then catch the exit status soon after grep is over. 0 means it starts with |, 1 means, it doesnt start with a |.
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