Awk not working due to missing new line character at last line of file

pinnacle · #1 05-07-2009

Hi,

My awk program is failing. I figured out using command

Code:

od -c filename

TonyFullerMalv · #2 05-07-2009

Code:

echo "" >> filename

pinnacle · #3 05-07-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyFullerMalv

Code:

echo "" >> filename

Will add a new line character to the end of the file.

Code:

$ echo fred > fred
$ od -bc fred
0000000 146 162 145 144 012
          f   r   e   d  \n
0000005
$ echo "" >> fred
$ od -bc fred
0000000 146 162 145 144 012 012
          f   r   e   d  \n  \n
0000006
$

Thankyou TonyFullerMalv

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