On Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:56:20 PM UTC+12, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> Where is it written that the last line of a file needs a uselss linefeed?
POSIX definition of a text file is a file that contains characters organized into zero or more lines:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_397
A line is defined to have a newline:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_206
Text files with incomplete last lines have problems with lots of tools, like the diff programmes used by version control systems. If you are not using a VCS like mercurial or git, I suggest you look into it, they're a very good idea.
Regards, John Little
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