awk and multiple regular expression in specific field 1

[unprophete]

I need to get lines which have not "active" or "online" on 6th field. Is the below command reliable?

awk '$6 != "active" || $6 != "online" {print $0}' filename


or maybe it can be changed with something with single $6 in the command like:

awk '$6 != ""active" || "online"" {print $0}' filename

????

thank you.

 

[PHV]

I'd try simply this:

awk '$6!="active" && $6!="online"' filename

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[PHV]

unprophete, did you try anything ?