1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/find_stray_empty_lines b/scripts/find_stray_empty_lines
index 17a2d4a49..aae18f99b 100755
--- a/scripts/find_stray_empty_lines
+++ b/scripts/find_stray_empty_lines
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ grep -n -B1 -r $'^\t*}' . | grep -A1 '.[ch]-[0-9]*-$'
 grep -n -A1 -r $'^\t*{' . | grep -B1 '.[ch]-[0-9]*-$'
 
 # find trailing empty lines
-find -type f | xargs tail -n1 | while read file; do
+find -type f | while read file; do
         test x"$file" = x"" && continue
-        read lastline
-        #echo "|$file|$lastline"
-        if test x"$lastline" = x""; then
+        tail -n1 $file | while read lastline
+        do
+          #echo "|$file|$lastline"
+          if test x"$lastline" = x""; then
                 echo "$file"
-        fi
+          fi
+        done
 done