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diff --git a/bin/stbl.sh b/bin/stbl.sh
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+# Strip a trailing blank line from the given files with ed(1)
+
+# Check arguments
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
+    printf >&2 'stbl: Need a filename\n'
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+# Iterate over arguments and apply the same ed(1) script to each of them
+for fn ; do
+    ed -s -- "$fn" <<'EOF' || ex=1
+$g/^ *$/d
+w
+EOF
+done
+
+# If any of the ed(1) commands failed, we should exit with 1
+exit "${ex:-0}"