I\'ve stated before I\'m not very good at scripting so what I have below copies files from a share directory to mine where I change their permissions. But then I wanted to r
While looking for this answer I also found this other thread. There they say use tail, which doesn't actually make an modifications which is what the OP wanted. You could over course copy to a temporary file. Additionally, if you were going to stream the files into another tool, you could use 'tail' in a pipe and never have to write temporary files or write to disk.
How can I remove the first line of a text file using bash/sed script?