cat <file> | sed -e 's/;$//g' > file2
or vi <file>
:%s/;$//g
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Off the top of my head.
On 12/1/09 8:10 AM, Bob Kruger wrote:
> All;
>
> I have a 1.3GB text file that has multiple fields separated by semicolons. Format follows:
>
> field1;field2;field3;...field24;
> .
> .
> .
> field1;field2;field3;...field24;
>
> I need a quick and dirty method to delete the last semicolon.
>
> Any ideas or thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> V/r
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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