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Old 12-05-2013
awk to search for pattern and remove line
I am an awk beginner and need help figuring out how to search for a number in the first column and if it (or anything greater) exists, remove those lines.

Code:
AM11400012012   2.26   2.12   1.98   2.52   3.53   3.01   3.62   5.00   3.65   7.95   0.79   3.88   0.00
AM11400012013   3.39   2.29   3.28   3.14   3.17   7.77   5.04   4.54   1.46   4.94   2.75   0.00  -9.99
AM11400012014  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99
AM11400012015  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99  -9.99
AU11500010001   2.73   2.12   2.37   2.12   4.66   4.93   4.77   4.07   1.38   2.27   2.67   2.40   0.00
AU11500010002   2.66   3.19   2.12   2.11   1.50   3.18   2.81   2.14   3.62   3.83   2.25   1.53   0.00

I want to remove the lines that contain AM11400012014 and AM11400012015. That first column is fixed, so those 4 digits will always be in that position.

Thanks!
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Old 12-05-2013
Try:
Code:
awk 'substr($1,length($1)-3) <= 2013' file

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