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gsed add _single_ newline at end of file

I'm attempting to create a single newline at the end of a file. My command is this:

gsed -i '$a\\r' outfiles/*.txt

Somehow this creates two newlines, and I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.

Any thoughts?

Solution

  • In my first thought I would on the last line substitute end of line with a newline.

    sed '$s/$/\n/'

    But my second thought is just nice:

    sed '$G'

    Grabbing from a hold space appends a newline to pattern space and then appends the hold space to pattern space. Because hold space is empty, it effectively adds just only the newline.