diff --git a/bin/remove_last_line.sh b/bin/remove_last_line.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
+  cat <<HELP
+Removes the tailing new line character in a file
+$(basename $0) <file>
+HELP
+
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+declare -r tmp="$(mktemp)"
+
+if [[ "$(tail -c 1 "$1" | wc -l)" = 1 ]]; then
+  head -c -1 "$1" > "$tmp"
+  mv -f "$tmp" "$1"
+fi