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# 1  
Old 11-12-2008
Cut last Field
Guys,

I have a line like this: 109;201;1099010
and as you see that first field 109 and the last field starts with 109. I need to cut the rest in the last field after 109 which is 9010
How to do it?
# 2  
Old 11-12-2008
Try this:

Code:
awk -F";" '{ sub($1,"",$NF); print $NF; }' < filename

# 3  
Old 11-12-2008
Thanks brother it works
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