[debbugs-tracker] bug#24881: closed (make blindingly clear cut -f 2, 1 = cut -f 1, 2)

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regarding make blindingly clear cut -f 2,1 = cut -f 1,2
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> make blindingly clear cut -f 2,1 = cut -f 1,2
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> Sat, 05 Nov 2016 19:31:32 +0800
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> $ info cut
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> ‘-f FIELD-LIST’
> ‘--fields=FIELD-LIST’
>      Select for printing only the fields listed in FIELD-LIST.  Fields
>      are separated by a TAB character by default.  Also print any line
>      that contains no delimiter character, unless the ‘--only-delimited’
>      (‘-s’) option is specified.
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>      Note ‘awk’ supports more sophisticated field processing, and by
>      default will use (and discard) runs of blank characters to separate
>      fields, and ignore leading and trailing blanks.
>           awk '{print $2}'    # print the second field
>           awk '{print $NF-1}' # print the penultimate field
>           awk '{print $2,$1}' # reorder the first two fields
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> Mention here:
>         whereas cut -f 2,1 will just give you the same output as cut -f 1,2
> Thanks.
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>      In the unlikely event that ‘awk’ is unavailable, one can use the
>      ‘join’ command, to process blank characters as ‘awk’ does above.
>           join -a1 -o 1.2     - /dev/null # print the second field
>           join -a1 -o 1.2,1.1 - /dev/null # reorder the first two fields
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> On 05/11/16 11:31, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > $ info cut
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> > ‘-f FIELD-LIST’
> > ‘--fields=FIELD-LIST’
> >      Select for printing only the fields listed in FIELD-LIST.  Fields
> >      are separated by a TAB character by default.  Also print any line
> >      that contains no delimiter character, unless the ‘--only-delimited’
> >      (‘-s’) option is specified.
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> >      Note ‘awk’ supports more sophisticated field processing, and by
> >      default will use (and discard) runs of blank characters to separate
> >      fields, and ignore leading and trailing blanks.
> >           awk '{print $2}'    # print the second field
> >           awk '{print $NF-1}' # print the penultimate field
> >           awk '{print $2,$1}' # reorder the first two fields
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> > Mention here:
> >         whereas cut -f 2,1 will just give you the same output as cut -f 1,2
> > Thanks.
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> Pushed at
> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.25-86-g5161eff
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> thanks,
> Pádraig
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