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Old 09-28-06, 21:03
Bob4480 Bob4480 is offline
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Removing Trailer
Is there an easy way in a shell script to remove the last line of a flat file?
Basically I have a large file, 20,000+ lines with a trailer. I want to remove the trailer and only have the data left.

Suggestions?
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Old 09-29-06, 02:22
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sed '$d' yourfile
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