How to ensure one blank line on top of ASCII files?

[Kristian Vaaf]

At 12:42 13.02.2006, Norberto Meijome wrote:
>Kristian Vaaf wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I need to make sure all my ASCII files start with one blank line.
> >
> > I just need to know what command to use,
> > I've written the rest of the script to do this for me:
> >
> > --
> >
>
>echo "" > MY_BLANK_LINE.txt
>
> > for file in `find -s . -type f -not -name ".*"`; do
> >
> >     if file -b "$file" | grep -q 'text'; then
> >
>         mv $file $file.tmp
>         cat MY_BLANK_LINE.txt $file.tmp >> $file
>         rm -f $file.tmp
>
> >         echo "$file: Done"
> >
> >     fi
> >
> > done
>
>rm -f MY_BLANK_LINE.txt
>
>
>There possibly are far more elegant solutions...but that should work.

I think I will look out for a more elegant approach :)
If I fail to find one, I will use your suggestion.
Thanks though, it kinda taught me a thing or two about shell programming.

All the best,
Fafa