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Old 10-27-2009
cut a field, but with reverse order
Hi Everyone,

I have one a.txt:
Code:
a b 001 c
b b 002 c
c c, not 002 c

The output should be
Code:
001
002
002

If i use cut -f 3 -d' ', this does not work on the 3rd line, so i thought is any way to cut the field counting from the end? or any perl thing can do this?Smilie

Thanks
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-27-2009 at 02:53 AM.. Reason: code tags please!
# 2  
Old 10-27-2009
Use code tags next time please.

Code:
awk '{print $(NF-1)}' infile
001
002
002

# 3  
Old 10-27-2009
Hammer & Screwdriver
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmy_y
Hi Everyone,

I have one a.txt:
Code:
a b 001 c
b b 002 c
c c, not 002 c

The output should be
Code:
001
002
002

If i use cut -f 3 -d' ', this does not work on the 3rd line, so i thought is any way to cut the field counting from the end? or any perl thing can do this?Smilie

Thanks

I found the solution already, use "reverse split" Smilie
# 4  
Old 10-27-2009
If you are thinking of using perl then you donot need to use reverse split either

Code:
cat abc.txt
a b 001 c
b b 002 c
c c, not 002 c

Code:
~$ cat abc.txt | perl -e 'while(<>){ my @cols  = split; print "$cols[-2]\n";}'
001
002
002

HTH,
PL
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