Deleting the first line of text files

[Ming Hsu]

How can I delete the first line of a text file while retaining the
formatting of the files?  I have a bunch of files with 360 columns of
data, each for 1 degree.  The problem is that they are all labeled, and
matlab takes in nothing but numbers, so I have to get rid of that first
line.  I have looked at awk, but awk seems to do just columns.  Are there
some other program that would allow me to delete a row of data?

Thanks,
Ming Hsu