trimming whitespaces in a file

gintreach · #1 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008

Hello,

Im trying write a bash sript to search a file and identify any file names that contain a space at the end of them.
I was trying to use the grep command but I can find how I would identify the character I'm looking for.

Any help would be grately appreciated.

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008

Code:

grep ' $'

The $ matches the end of a line, a space before the $ means a space as the last character of a line.

Regards

gintreach · #3 (**permalink**) 11-25-2008

Thank you very much.

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