Print second-to-last column/field in `awk`

Question

I want to print the second-to-last column or field in `awk`. The number of fields is the `NF` variable. I know that I should be able to use `$NF`, but I'm not sure how it can be used. And this does not seem to work: ``` awk ' { print ( $NF-- ) } ' ```

Accepted Answer

```
awk '{print $(NF-1)}'
```

Should work

Print second-to-last column/field in `awk`

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