Re: oneliner to delete last line of file

2002-11-29 Thread John W. Krahn
Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: > > Hello all Hello, > 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 Here i

Re: oneliner to delete last line of file

2002-11-29 Thread Sudarshan Raghavan
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 an

oneliner to delete last line of file

2002-11-29 Thread Ramprasad A Padmanabhan
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comman