[SOLVED] splitting array

ted_chou12 · 11-10-2011, 11:50 PM

Sorry I havent do this for quite a long while already, I intend to split a text into array
the text roughly looks like:

Code:

a
b
c
d

so far i came up with:

Code:

array=(echo $text | cut -d'
' f1)

the enter is the deliminator and f1 intends to cut out the first string, since -f1 means to take f1 only, so i thought it would be the other way around.

my intention is to make a new text that looks like:

Code:

b
c
d

so line a is deleted.

Thanks,
Ted

grail · 11-11-2011, 01:07 AM

I am a bit lost? Are you saying you want to remove the 'a' line from the file? If so, can you not just use sed to delete the line?

ted_chou12 · 11-11-2011, 03:01 AM

Hi, thanks for the reply,
I did this:

Code:

echo ${text#*
}

Ted

grail · 11-11-2011, 05:24 AM

Well I have no idea why but if your happy

Juako · 11-11-2011, 06:51 AM

use sed

Code:

sed -n '1!p' < text

or head

Code:

head -n1 < text

ted_chou12 · 11-11-2011, 07:06 AM

thanks

I am happy.