Hello John,

 JM> I was wondering, if there was a in OS2's REXX that would allow one to
 JM> program   a batch file that could delete 1 line at the begining of a
 JM> ASCII text file or delete 1 line at the end ASCII of a text file. 

I am not aware of a REXX function that deletes part of a file. You
will have to rewrite the file completely, or create a REXX program
(not batch file, please) that simply calls an editor (e.g. sed, edlin ;-)
to do the job.

cu/2 Roland


... I program like a MAN.  I use COPY CON PROGRAM.EXE
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