Index: trunk/ippToPsps/scripts/ippToPsps_run.pl
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/scripts/ippToPsps_run.pl	(revision 28084)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/scripts/ippToPsps_run.pl	(revision 28087)
@@ -105,4 +105,5 @@
     my $lastExpId = getLastExpId();
 
+    print "*******************************************************************************\n*\n";
     print "* Last successfully processed exposure ID was $lastExpId\n";
 
@@ -146,9 +147,5 @@
     my $batchId = 0;
     my $batchesPerJob = 1;
-
-    print "*******************************************************************************\n*\n";
-
     my $anyBatches = 0;
-
 
     $query->execute;
@@ -243,5 +240,7 @@
 sub getLastExpId {
 
-    return `tail $logFile -n 1 | awk '{print \$2}'`;
+    my $lastExpId = `tail $logFile -n 1 | awk '{print \$2}'`;
+    chomp($lastExpId);
+    return $lastExpId;
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +261,5 @@
     close (MYFILE);
 
-    if ($verbose) { print "* Current jobId = $jobId\n"; }
     $jobId++;
-    if ($verbose) { print "* New jobId = $jobId\n"; }
 
     open (MYFILE, "> $jobIdFilePath");