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Old 05-23-2007
How to get rid of last line

I have to process a data file in Ab Initio. This data file is pipe delimited. BUt the file may have a Disclaimer line at the end. So before picking it for processing, I need to check if this line is there I need to remove it. ANy suggestions.

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Shalu
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Old 05-23-2007
Code:
sed "/last_line_pattern/{$ d;}" filename >temp
mv temp filename

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