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Old 11-10-2003
CPU & Memory cut -f option

Is it possible to specify at -f option from cut command to cut the last field, according to the separator specified in -d option ?

Thanks in advance,
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Old 11-10-2003
You could use awk instead of cut, e.g....
Code:
awk -F, '{print $NF}' file

 
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