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Old 01-09-2007
command to remove last record on file
Hi,
First time on the forum. I have converted some files using the Unix to DOS command but need to strip off the last record that is generated from this conversion that contains just a ^Z. Is there any command that would accomplish this without having to do stream editing?
# 2  
Old 01-09-2007
Without stream editing? I don't understand that requirement.

Have you tried:
Code:
sed '$d' myfile

# 3  
Old 01-09-2007
You put me on the right track. I ended up using sed and successfully stripped off the ^Z at the end of the file by using:

sed '/^Z/d' myfile|cat > newfile

Thanks for the help.
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Old 01-09-2007
What is the 'cat' for? Why not just:
Code:
sed '/^Z/d' myfile > newfile

?
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Old 01-09-2007
Well, I'm constantly learning that there's multiple ways of doing things in the Unix world! I removed the 'cat' code from my script and ran it again redirecting the output to the new file name and it works the same way as
the other logic that I had used. Thanks again for the fast response and help.
 
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