On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 11:35:00AM -0400, Chandler, Scott wrote: > I've got a script running a sed command that I need help interpreting. The > line is "sed '$d' file1.txt > file2.txt". > > I understand that sed '$d' file1.txt removes the last line from the file but > will the resultant file (file2.txt) contain only the last line from file1.txt > or will it contain everything *except* the last line from file1.txt?
Hello Scott, The output of sed (what ends up in file2.txt) is the result of applying the edit - in this case, it will be the input file contents with the last line removed. Nathan > > Thanks, > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
