Re: Delete first line when blank

2014-03-07 Thread Janek Schleicher
Am 07.03.2014 22:58, schrieb s...@missionstclare.com: I have some text files from which I would like to remove the first line, but only if it's blank. Any hints? I tried a few things, but the results haven't quite been satisfactory. perl -pi -e '$_ = "" if ( $. == 1 && /^\n/);' filename on c

Re: Delete first line when blank

2014-03-07 Thread Jim Gibson
On Mar 7, 2014, at 1:58 PM, s...@missionstclare.com wrote: > I have some text files from which I would like to remove the first line, but > only if it's blank. Any hints? I tried a few things, but the results haven't > quite been satisfactory. You should be able to do that in just a few lines

Delete first line when blank

2014-03-07 Thread sb
I have some text files from which I would like to remove the first line, but only if it's blank. Any hints? I tried a few things, but the results haven't quite been satisfactory. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h