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Subject: Re: How to ensure one blank line on top of ASCII files?
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Kristian Vaaf wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I need to make sure all my ASCII files start with one blank line.
> 
> I just need to know what command to use,
> I've written the rest of the script to do this for me:
> 
> -- 
> 

echo "" > MY_BLANK_LINE.txt

> for file in `find -s . -type f -not -name ".*"`; do
> 
>     if file -b "$file" | grep -q 'text'; then
> 

	mv $file $file.tmp
	cat MY_BLANK_LINE.txt $file.tmp >> $file
	rm -f $file.tmp	

>         echo "$file: Done"
> 
>     fi
> 
> done

rm -f MY_BLANK_LINE.txt


There possibly are far more elegant solutions...but that should work.