Re: sed : * final newline

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > Yes, I know this.  The problem is that this does not affect only `sed :'
> > but also `sed 10,$!d' and the like.
>
> this one is OK: remove the first 9 lines, preserving everything else.
> If the last line did not end with newline, the last line of the output
> looks the same way.

Yes.  Changing to always append the new line does not affect only a
curiosity like sed : or sed -n p, but also real sed commands.

> What about at least turning this feature off whenever the number of input
> files is > 1 ?

No, just put the first line of the next file in newline-before mode.

Paoo