Add a missing newline to the end of a file to placate compilers like gcc 3.

gcc 3.x complains if a source or header file doesn't have a newline at the end: 
    $ gcc -c no_eof.c
    no_eof.c:9:2: warning: no newline at end of file

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The following snippet will fix that for one or more files:     perl -i -pl -eof file1 file2 ...

The following is an alternative approach:     perl -i -pe '$_ .= $/ if eof and not /\n/' file1 file2 ...

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Re: Add a newline to the end of a file
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Nov 28, 2002 at 13:08 UTC
    Don't know what kind of hacked version of perl you got, but you need to give -i something.

    MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
    ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      From perlrun: 
          -i[extension]
      ...

      If no extension is supplied, no backup is made and
      the current file is overwritten.

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      However, on Dos and some other OSes the extension is mandatory. This is due to the fact that these OSes cannot unlink an open file.

      --
      John.

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      I imagine it's a regular perl, but the platform is something other than Windows.

      See perlrun and the latest p5p digest

      -- simonflk

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