alternative awk linux
$ echo "0 1111 my file 102.00 1003.00 2.99" | cut -d" " -f 7
2.99
Try this if we have more than a one embedded space between the fields
Code:
$ echo "0 1111 my file 102.00 1003.00 2.99" | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f 7
2.99
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