awk problem

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Len" == Len Conrad <lconrad at Go2France.com> writes:

Len> I readfile or pipe this text, in any line order:
Len> rm90.steampick.info
Len> fgce172.lanejive.info
Len> smailer1.service.govdelivery.com
Len> fl49.orangetalon.info
Len> pollux.carespecial.info

Len> into a program to remove subdomains down to domain.tld :

Len> awk 'FS="." { print $(NF-1)"."$NF }'

Len> and get the first line doubled rather than processed like the other lines:

Len> rm90.steampick.info.rm90.steampick.info
Len> lanejive.info
Len> govdelivery.com
Len> orangetalon.info
Len> carespecial.info

Yes, that would be the expected behavior.

You need to set the FS *before* processing the first line.

Either use -F ., or a BEGIN block.

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