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bl_bed_skip_header(3)	    Library Functions Manual	   bl_bed_skip_header(3)

NAME
     bl_bed_skip_header() - Read past BED header

LIBRARY
     #include <biolibc/bed.h>
     -lbiolibc -lxtend

SYNOPSIS
     FILE    *bl_bed_skip_header(FILE *bed_stream)

ARGUMENTS
     stream  Pointer to the FILE structure for reading the BED stream

DESCRIPTION
     Skip  over  header  lines	in  bed input stream, leaving the FILE structure
     pointing to the first character in the first line of data.  The  header  is
     copied to a temporary file whose FILE pointer is returned.

RETURN VALUES
     Pointer to the FILE structure of the temporary file.

EXAMPLES
     FILE    *header, *bed_stream;
     header = bl_bed_skip_header(bed_stream);

SEE ALSO
     bl_bed_read(3), xt_fopen(3)

							   bl_bed_skip_header(3)

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