On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 04:44:16AM +0800, adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > how can I only get the previous field but not last > field from awk? > > but I can't use print $1....$2 > > as there are different fields in different line > > thank you > Does knowing the number if fields in a line help? "`NF' is a built-in variable whose value is the number of fields in the current record. `awk' automatically updates the value of `NF' each time it reads a record. ..." -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new hat, now what? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
