How to remove pipe at end of each line of a .dat file in linux

Question

I have a .dat file similar to example below:

1|sam  |test|
2|eric |test|
3|james|test|

any idea how I can remove the pipe '|' at the end of the line and save it?

I have tried sed 's/.$//' file > file.nolast

Possible duplicate of [How to remove a character at the end of each line in unix](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14840953/how-to-remove-a-character-at-the-end-of-each-line-in-unix) — Davide Spataro, Jan 18 '18 at 14:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '18 at 14:40

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sed 's/.$//g' file > file.nolast

g in the end of sed command forgotten.

answered Jan 18 '18 at 14:40

Viktor Khilin

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