sed experts. Help

[Rick Knight]

Alexander Smirnov wrote:
> Rick Knight wrote:
>   
>> Sed experts,
>>
>> I have a bunch of php scripts, over 1000, that all need to have 1 line 
>> removed. The line begins with...
>>
>> <?php eval(base64_decode(
>>
>> and is at the top of each file. How would I construct a sed command to 
>> remove this line from every file in a directory and it's subs?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>>
>>   
>>     
> why sed? you can use excluding option of grep:
> $grep - v  "<?php eval(base64_decode( "
> will match every line but not mentioned.
>
>   
Doesn't have to be sed. Sed just came to mind as a way to do what I need 
to do, remove a line of code from the top of several php files. I know 
how to use grep to find the line of text. How would I use grep to remove 
it? WOuld I pipe the output of grep to rm?

Thanks,
Rick