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And so on.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"shell\">\nawk '$(NF-1) != \/-\/ { print $0 }' access_log\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to get value of last column in awk you can use built-in variable NF which means the number of fields in record. awk &#8216;$(NF) !~ \/-\/ { print $0 }&#8217; &amp;nbsp;access_log Or next, if you need next to the last field. 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