[ale] Sed/Awk/PERL question

[JK]

cp yourGiantFile backupInCaseJKsIdeaTotallySucks

sed -e 's/;$//' < yourGiantFile > newFile

-- JK


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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