[MacPerl] deleting a line again

[george rosenberg <ghrose@unm.edu>]

let me explain further, what I am probably trying to ask:
almost always, the line i want to remove is the first line in the 
file and it begins with a ">".
i want to remove this line and then close the file.

is it possible to do this? is there a delete line command, that will 
remove the line and not leave a empty line behind?

thanks



>  >i would like to use Macperl to remove a single line from a "big
>>bunch" of files without leaving a blank line behind.  is it possible
>>to do this without rewriting the whole file? is there a command or
>>short code that can do this once the line has been indentified?
>
>Sorry, no, that's not how file systems work (When I was young, even 
>the concept
>of being able to jump to an arbitrary position in an open file was
>revolutionary :-)
>
>Matthias
>
>--
>Matthias Neeracher   <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>   http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~neeri
>   "And that's why I am going to turn this world upside down, and make
>    of it a fire so *bright* that someone real will notice"
>                                 -- Vernor Vinge, _Tatja Grimm's World_

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