Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:28:19 +0200 From: "n j" <nino80@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: awk question Message-ID: <92bcbda50707270028r79a8a706r37ca096bdb793001@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200707262151.l6QLpm9f068503@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200707262151.l6QLpm9f068503@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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> > > awk '{print $(NF-1)}' user.csv
>
> Yup, those blank lines will kill it for sure. A sed filter to
> remove blank lines ahead of the awk statement should allow it to
> work properly.
Or awk only i.e. no sed:
awk '!(/^$/) { print $(NF-1) }' user.csv
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Nino
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