How can I read a file in Go and skip the first line / headers?
In Python I know I could do
counter = 0
with open("my_file_path", "r") as fo:
try:
next(fo)
except:
pass
for _ in fo:
counter = counter + 1
This is my Go application
package main
import (
"bufio"
"flag"
"os"
)
func readFile(fileLocation string) int {
fileOpen, _ := os.Open(fileLocation)
defer fileOpen.Close()
fileScanner := bufio.NewScanner(fileOpen)
counter := 0
for fileScanner.Scan() {
//fmt.Println(fileScanner.Text())
counter = counter + 1
}
return counter
}
func main() {
fileLocation := flag.String("file_location", "default value", "file path to count lines")
flag.Parse()
counted := readFile(*fileLocation)
println(counted)
}
I will be reading a huge file and don't want to be evaluating each line if the index is 0.