sed experts. Help

[Alexander Smirnov]

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.