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# 8  
Old 10-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
sed '$d' myFile.txt

This ended up deleting the 09/30/06 line, but the blank line is still at the end of the file.

----------------------
...........
09/27/06
09/28/06
09/29/06
---{blank line}---
----------------------
# 9  
Old 10-20-2006
Then you don't have blank line in the file. Are you doing something else after SED?
# 10  
Old 10-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Above code should work. I dont know whats happening in your case.
Try this

Code:
sed "$ d" $outdir/date.txt > temp
mv temp $outdir/date.txt


I think it's my text editor (UltraEdit) displaying the file improperly, because it I use VI there is not a lbank line. But my application is seeing a blank line also when reading this file. I'm rather confused now. I may end up manully editing the file on a monthly basis Smilie
# 11  
Old 10-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Then you don't have blank line in the file. Are you doing something else after SED?
the only thing that happens after the sed is an echo with the date stamp so be can monitor start and end times of all our processes.
# 12  
Old 10-20-2006
you might have a '^M' as th last character on the LAST line.
try doing 'od -x' or 'cat -vet' on a file and see what you have.
# 13  
Old 10-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
you might have a '^M' as th last character on the LAST line.
try doing 'od -x' or 'cat -vet' on a file and see what you have.
Won't a '^M' show using vi? I've come across the '^M' when files are ftp'd using the wrong mode.
# 14  
Old 10-20-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
you might have a '^M' as th last character on the LAST line.
try doing 'od -x' or 'cat -vet' on a file and see what you have.
cat -vet output:

...
09/20/06$
09/21/06$
09/22/06$
09/23/06$
09/24/06$
09/25/06$
09/26/06$
09/27/06$
09/28/06$
09/29/06$
09/30/06$
$
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