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Remove header without streaming entire file
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # The trick is to overwrite the file with spaces till the first newline. | |
| # Only works if the program that reads it ignores empty lines. | |
| import sys | |
| filename = sys.argv[1] | |
| f = open(filename, "r+b") | |
| n = 0 | |
| while f.read(1) != "\n": | |
| n += 1 | |
| f.seek(0) | |
| f.write(" " * n) | |
| f.close() |
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