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Created April 9, 2018 18:42
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file_ends_with_newline
$ docker run --rm -it ubuntu bash
root@b327e1a0640b:/# function file_ends_with_newline() {
> [[ $(tail -c1 "$1" | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]
> }
root@b327e1a0640b:/#
root@b327e1a0640b:/# touch empty.txt
root@b327e1a0640b:/#
root@b327e1a0640b:/#
root@b327e1a0640b:/# file_ends_with_newline empty.txt && echo ends in newline || echo does NOT end in newline
does NOT end in newline
root@b327e1a0640b:/#
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