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Print filename and 1st line of every file within a directory
I'm sure I saw this as an example somewhere. Creating a new file that contains a file list & 1st line of current directory ie.: File1.dat This is the first line of 1st file File2.dat This is the first line of 2nd file etc. for as many files as in the directory. Anybody got a quickie? -
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I've got a file that I want to split out by value of field 1. I'm trying to say "print the first line out to a new file called 'out1', go to the next line & compare the value of $1 with that of the previous line, if value is the same append this line to that file, if different create a...
