how to cut the last field using cut linux bash?

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Hello everyone i want to know to cut the last field with separator : without knowing how many fields that i have any ideas please . is there any option for command cut .

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '18 at 13:56

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You can revert the string and then print 1st character. Itself cut can't work from backwards.

echo "Your string ABC" | rev | cut -c 1

answered Dec 18 '18 at 13:56

Milan Dufek

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '18 at 13:49

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Awk is the right tool for this. Try :

ls -lh  | awk '{ print $NF }'

answered Dec 18 '18 at 13:49

Matias Barrios

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how to cut the last field using cut linux bash?

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