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# 1  
Old 11-27-2006
help required with cut -d
i have a file in which data is like this

12 34 56 78
78 56 34 12

now i want to cut 2nd last column....

if 2nd column from start is to be cut then i can write

cut -d" " -f2 filename

what to do if 2nd column from end is to be cut !

any help

thanks
Sidhu
# 2  
Old 11-27-2006
Do you have to use cut? awk will work very well here.
Code:
echo "12 34 56 78
78 56 34 12" | awk '{print $(NF-1)}'

# 3  
Old 11-27-2006
with cut
is there any way we can do it with cut ?

also with awk if i need to read from file then how m going to do it...couldnt get a clue...actually touching linux after long time Smilie
# 4  
Old 11-27-2006
try this

Code:
cat file_name | awk '{print $(NF-1)}'

# 5  
Old 11-27-2006
thanks !
thanks Smilie
it is perfect !
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