Re: how to use sed to delete last lines of a file

From: Naylor, Jim (Jnaylor@SCHNUCKS.COM)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 13:20:41 EDT

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sed '$d' inputfile > outputfile

-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle DeVault [mailto:adsmigmo@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:18 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: how to use sed to delete last lines of a file

Is there a simple syntax for sed to delete the last
lines of a file without having to count the number of
lines in the file?

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