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keep-header

Keep first line untouched by a command, passing it directly to stdout. More information: https://github.com/eBay/tsv-utils#keep-header.
  • Sort a file and keep the first line at the top:
    keep-header {{path/to/file}} -- sort
  • Output first line directly to stdout, passing the remainder of the file through the specified command:
    keep-header {{path/to/file}} -- {{command}}
  • Read from stdin, sorting all except the first line:
    cat {{path/to/file}} | keep-header -- {{command}}
  • Grep a file, keeping the first line regardless of the search pattern:
    keep-header {{path/to/file}} -- grep {{pattern}}

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