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# 8  
Old 03-23-2015
Try
Code:
TAB=$(printf "\011")
sed "p;s/[ $TAB]$//" file

# 9  
Old 03-23-2015
Code:
sed 's/'"$spc"'*$//' a.txt

Worked for me .. Thanks !!

---------- Post updated at 08:41 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:40 AM ----------

Thanks RudiC/MadeInGermany for your time :-)
# 10  
Old 03-23-2015
A general solution that should work with any (POSIX) sed (and independent of the capabilities of the shell it runs in) would be:
Code:
sed 's/[[:blank:]]*$//' a.txt

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-24-2015 at 01:37 AM..
# 11  
Old 03-23-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
A general solution that should work with any (POSIX) sed would be:
Code:
sed 's/[[:blank:]]*$//' a.txt

Will it be able to remove tabs as well?
# 12  
Old 03-23-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by bhupinder08
Will it be able to remove tabs as well?
Yes.
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