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Reputation: 153

How to delete the first line of a file using Batch?

How to delete the first line of a file using Batch?

I really need help... I've tried everything but it didn't work. :( I've tried this :

@echo off
Type test.txt | findstr /I /V /C:"So, lets remove this line" >>Test2.txt
exit

Upvotes: 5

Views: 13866

Answers (4)

Zimba
Zimba

Reputation: 3683

To delete 1st line of text file:

more +1 testfile

or

for /f "skip=1 tokens=*" %i in ('type "testfile" ^| find /v /n ""') do (
REM ove prefixed line numbers:
set a=%i
set a=!a:*]=! 
echo:!a!)

Tested in Win 10 cmd.

Upvotes: 0

David Candy
David Candy

Reputation: 743

(echo off
for /f "skip=1 tokens=1* delims=" %A in (c:\windows\win.ini) do echo %A
echo on)

Upvotes: 2

foxidrive
foxidrive

Reputation: 41234

Some tasks are clumsy with pure batch techniques (and mangles characters) - this is a robust solution and uses a helper batch file called findrepl.bat that uses built in jscript-ing from - http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4697

Place findrepl.bat in the same folder as the batch file.

type "file.txt"|findrepl /v /o:1:1 >"newfile.txt"

Another method is to use more.exe but it has limitations with the number of lines at 64K and it mangles TAB characters.

more +2 <file.txt >newfile.txt

Upvotes: 5

Loopo
Loopo

Reputation: 2195

You'll need to loop through your file line by line and output each line, except the first one.

From your example it looks like you might be looking for a specific string.

try this question/answer .. it might help you get you on your way.

Upvotes: 0

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