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Old 09-11-2009
Awk symbol for last column
Hi ,

I have a bunch of files with different # of columns but I want to write a single awk script.

What is the awk symbol for last column? say '{print $lastcol}' or something
# 2  
Old 09-11-2009
Code:
$NF

(too short ...)
# 3  
Old 09-11-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
$NF

(too short ...)

That will print all non-empty lines. I think you meant:

Code:
{ print $NF }

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Old 09-12-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

That will print all non-empty lines.



... that happen to have the last column different than an empty string or 0. I mean:

Code:
% printf '%s\t%s\n' a "" b 0 c ok| awk -F\\t \$NF
c       ok

Quote:
I think you meant:

Code:
{ print $NF }

Yes, I was responding to this question:

Quote:
What is the awk symbol for last column?
And you're right, I had to be clearer.
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