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Sed command dropping last record in File
Hello:
I wrote a sed statement that is inserting 3 variables at the beginning of each record in a comma-delimited file:

for FILE in *gnrc_lkup.csv
do
c=`echo $FILE | cut -c1-3`
d=`grep $c $RTLIST | cut -c4-6`
e=`grep $c $RTLIST | cut -c7`
f=`grep $c $RTLIST | cut -c8`
sed -e 's/^/'$d','$e','$f',/' < $FILE > $FILE.new
done

However, after further testing, I noticed that the
last record is being removed. Can someone tell me what part of the sed statment above would be doing this and how it can be corrected?

Any input is appreciated.
Thank you,
Brett
 
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