> If you're going to use a shell script, I think you will find this model
> both faster and safer: faster because the cat command is superflous, and
> safer because it keeps the original, "just in case."
>
> mv ${file{ ${file}~
> sed <${file}~ >${file} \
> -e "s/ *$//"
>
> I've not tested mine either, but your sed's wrong;-)
>
Oops - I think you have a typo there in the first line.
But - none-the-less; my sed is right - you don't have to have
the -e. The traditional (pre-GNU) format didn't require
the -e... the syntax was simply
sed [-Ean] command [file ...]
It is nice that you script preserves the original file - a much
better idea!
- Dave R. -
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