sed to replace comma and new line

Question

I'm trying to replace this

colb,
cola,
)

with this

colb,
cola
)

in sed, but can't seem to get it to work. I've tried both of these but nothing seems to happen

sed -e  's/, \n)/\n)/g'

sed -e  's/,\n)/\n)/g'

I can get a new line to replace but I can't get a comma followed by a newline followed by ) to replace with just a newline followed by )

possible duplicate of [How can I replace a newline (\n) using sed?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251999/how-can-i-replace-a-newline-n-using-sed) — Axel Amthor, Jul 10 '15 at 12:56
possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251999/how-can-i-replace-a-newline-n-using-sed — Axel Amthor, Jul 10 '15 at 12:57
I can do a newline...I just can't get a comma with a new line to work — lightweight, Jul 10 '15 at 13:02

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

4

Extending on the solution from near-duplicate, this does work:

sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/,\n)/\
)/g'

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Jul 12 '15 at 20:33

undur_gongor

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