On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: > > Hello all > > I am using redhat linux 7.2 > > I am required to delete the last line of a file. Now I am doing a > cumbersome thing like this > > perl -e '@_=<>;pop @_;print @_;' $FILE > $FILE.tmp > mv $FILE.tmpl $FILE > > Cant I do it any better
perl -i.tmp -pe 'eof and undef $_' $FILE perldoc -f eof perldoc perlrun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
