On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Tom Brown<tom at ng23.net> wrote: > Hi > > I need some logic to work out a value for me - this value is _always_ > the 3rd last field in a string seperated by '.' but the string could be > 5 or 6 fields long, e.g > > foo.bar.VALUE.baz.lala > > foor.bar.gigi.VALUE.baz.lala > > I need to find VALUE - if this were python or something i could do it > but this has to be in shell - > > Any clues? > > thanks > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > I am pretty sure there is a way in awk to figure out how many fields you have, then take the total # of fields -3 each time to get the third last one. Just heading out the door and off hand can't remember how it would be done. Jacques B.