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# 1  
Old 08-21-2009
Delete first row last column

Hi All,
I am having following file and I want to delete 1 row last column.

Current File Content:
================
procedure test421 put_line
procedure test321 test421
procedure test521 test321
procedure test621 test521


Expected File Content:
===========================
procedure test421
procedure test321 test421
procedure test521 test321
procedure test621 test521

With best wishes,
-Saurabh
# 2  
Old 08-21-2009
Try this,

Code:
awk 'NR==1 {$NF=""}1' file

Regards,

Ranjith
# 3  
Old 08-22-2009
solution for delete last column in first row

Hope this works,

$cat data
procedure test421 put_line
procedure test321 test421
procedure test521 test321
procedure test621 test521

$sed "1s/\(.* \)\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)$/\1/g" data
procedure test421
procedure test321 test421
procedure test521 test321
procedure test621 test521
# 4  
Old 08-22-2009
Code:
perl -lne '@x=split; $x[$#x]="" if $.==1; print "@x"' file

tyler_durden
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