sed or other way to replace last , with \n 1

[w5000]

I can do it with some auxiliary echo command but not with sed directly...

$ printf "1,2,3,4,"
1,2,3,4,$
$
$ printf "1,2,3,4,"|sed 's/\,$/4/'
1,2,3,44$
$
$ printf "1,2,3,4,"|sed 's/\,$/\n/'
1,2,3,4[COLOR=#EF2929]n[/color]$
$
$ printf "1,2,3,4,"|sed 's/\,$//';echo
1,2,3,4
$ { printf "1,2,3,4,"|sed 's/\,$//';echo; }
1,2,3,4
$

 

[PHV]

I'd try this:

printf '1,2,3,4,' | awk '{sub(/,$/,"");print}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
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[SamBones]

You can't remove that '$' because it's not part of the output. It's your command line prompt. The "printf" command does not add a new line at the end of the output, so your command line prompt is appearing at the end of the output string.

Try this...

# Using printf with a newline character (\n)
printf "1,2,3,4,\n"

# Using print (which adds its own newline)
print "1,2,3,4,"

Also...

# This makes it a bit more obvious
PS1=Command:

 

[SamBones]

Oh, I think I misunderstood the question.

Try this...

printf "1,2,3,4,\n" | sed 's/,$//g'

# or

print "1,2,3,4," | sed 's/,$//g'

Better?