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diff --git a/bin/stbl b/bin/stbl
index 7b1b1d2c..940fc3bb 100755
--- a/bin/stbl
+++ b/bin/stbl
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Strip a trailing blank line from the given files with ed(1)
+
+# Check arguments
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
printf 2>&1 'stbl: Need a filename\n'
exit 2
fi
+
+# Iterate over arguments and apply the same ed(1) script to each of them
for fn ; do
- ed -s -- "$fn" <<'EOF'
+ 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}"