Re: delete last line
- From: Bill Campbell <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:59:51 -0800
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008, Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:
pablo typed (on Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:03:03PM -0800):
| how can I delete the last line of a text file from the command line ?
|
| I mean only last line
sed '$d' in.file > out.file
In place edit using the ex editor (would probably work with ed as well.
ex - filename <<DONE
$d
w
q
DONE
Using the gnu shtool program:
shtool subst -e '$d' filename
Bill
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