Re: Problem with reading file and executing other stuffs?

[Horinius]

Hugh Sasse wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Horinius wrote:
>> I've found that if the last line isn't terminated by a new-line, that
>> line
>> can't be read.  This seems to be a very common error and I've seen it in
>> other commands.
> 
> This is a Unix convention.  I don't know the origins.
> 

I was not talking about new-line vs carriage-return vs new-line AND
carriage-return.

I was saying that if the last character of the last line is also the last
character of the file, that line isn't read.  Or is it really what you're
referring to as "Unix convention"?
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