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Re: cut -DF


From: Shehu Dikko
Subject: Re: cut -DF
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:20:16 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/2.1.5 (2021-12-30)

* Pádraig Brady [2022-01-15] [gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general]:
> On 15/01/2022 08:44, Shehu Dikko wrote:
>> [....]
>> $ echo one two three four five six seven eight nine | cut -DF 1,5-$
>> one five six seven eight nine
>>
>> Do please also add the undocumented feature to cut.
>> [..]
>
> Open ended ranges are already supported by coreutils cut:
>
>    $ echo one two three four five six seven eight nine | cut -d ' ' -f 1,5-
>    one five six seven eight nine
>
> I don't think we need to support an explicit '$' for this.

Noted. I didn't want to see it overlooked in the context of the -DF.

regards,

s h e h u



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