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Subject: RE: UTILITY TO TRUNCATE TRAILING BLACKS... REVISITED...
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Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 13:41:00 EDT
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There is a DEC utility on our VAX 11/780 called TRUNCATE. I am not
sure whether it requires RSX emulation or not; we always run it
via MCR TRUNCATE but then I do that a lot with programs in sys$system
(e.g. SYSGEN, NCP). It does exactly what you want - trims off blank
space *at the end* of each line. It is the utility we use (infrequently)
to read cards into a file. It prompts for input and output file names.

I just checked and it is not on our uVAXes, so it may be a part of
RSX emulation (a layered product, natch).

Ruth Milner
Systems Manager
SYSRUTH@UTORPHYS (BITNET)