How to remove new line character at end of file.


 
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Old 04-12-2012
How to remove new line character at end of file.

I need to remove new line character from end of file.
Suppose here are content.


a|b|c|d|r
a|b|c|d|r
a|b|c|d|r
<new line>


that means file contains 4 lines but data is there in 3 lines.
so I want that only 3 lines should be there in file.

Please help
# 2  
Old 04-12-2012
Code:
awk 'NF' file > newfile

# 3  
Old 04-12-2012
Code:
sed -i '/^$/d' infile

# 4  
Old 04-12-2012
Tried and It didn't remove it.
Manually problem is removed by placing cursor at last line then press back button.

---------- Post updated at 12:17 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:15 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by huaihaizi3
Code:
sed -i '/^$/d' infile


sed: illegal option -- i
without -i its not giving correct results.
If there are two lines at end then its removing one.


---------- Post updated at 12:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:17 PM ----------

Tried without -i and its not working.
# 5  
Old 04-12-2012
without -i
Code:
sed '/^$/d' infile > newfile

# 6  
Old 04-12-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by huaihaizi3
without -i
Code:
sed '/^$/d' infile > newfile

not working.
# 7  
Old 04-12-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by varun940
not working.
what i posted is gnu sed, and what's you distro?
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