Hilton,

Can you sort your whole file by the field starting with ! and then delete
out all the repeating headers except for one?

"Hilton" wrote:

I have a 125 files combined into 1 file. As a result the combined file has
headers all over. The data line starts with a "*" and the headers start with
a "!". How do I step through the file and delete all the headers except the
1st one? Please help.

Thanks
Hilton