How can I remove the last character from each line of a file?

This must be done without "funny" characters, as I want to transfer the code to/from Windows.

Any ideas?

sed -e 's/\(.*\).$/\1/g' file

As it's been outlined in the thread, transfer/ftp your files in ASCII mode.

Trouble is, I'm transferring a zip file containing binary and ascii files - I FTP the zip file as binary, then use unzip - so I'm in the lap of the gods...

Thanks

do you have TWO files to transfer or ONE zip?

if you have 2, transfer zip in binary and others in ascii.

AM I misisng the point here?

I've got ONE zip file containing both binary and ASCII files. I transfer it as binary, then unzip it. If I try to unzip using the -a switch, one of the binary files gets interpreted as ASCII which is a bigger problem.

Any clearer? I really appreciate your help

and if you use '-b' or '-B'?
I'm not a real guru when it comes to 'unzip' - just reading 'man unzip'.

Hi,

Can u rephrase the sed-command above such that it will display only the last character of the line? For example: if the line is:

hello world!

It will only display:

!

Appreciate your help.

Thanks.