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print all but last column

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ogniemi

ogniemi

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Nov 7, 2003
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delimeter is "."
number of columns is varied.

eg.

2424.24243.242432.432432
345.34.3453.345435.3
234.243243234.24324.243453.3333

I need output:

2424.24243.242432
345.34.3453.345435
234.243243234.24324.243453


(in each line removed all starting from last ".")

thx!!
 
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easy:

[tt]awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="."}{$NF=""; NF--; print}'[/tt]



HTH,

p5wizard
 
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