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Re: How to import DTA files conatining comment lines starting with '#'

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• Subject: [mg14119] Re: How to import DTA files conatining comment lines starting with '#'
• From: Timo Felbinger <timof at uranos.quantum.physik.uni-potsdam.de>
• Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 03:15:43 -0400
• Organization: University of Potsdam
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On 24 Sep 1998, Joel Wijngaarde <Joel Wijngaarde wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> is there a way  ti import Data Files containing numbers where it's
> possible that certain lines in the file start with an "#", which means
> that this is a comment line and should not be read by mathematica.
> 

On a Unix(-like) system, something like

  ReadList[ "!sed /^#/d < your_file" ]

should filter out the comment lines.

Regards,

Timo Felbinger   (Timo.Felbinger at quantum.physik.uni-potsdam.de) Quantum
Physics Group
Institute of Physics
University of Potsdam, Germany