I like cut and tr too, but I try to replace them by sed and awk when I can. I reduces the number of moving parts, and allows you to increase the complexity slow

I like cut and tr too, but I try to replace them by sed and awk when I can. I reduces the number of moving parts, and allows you to increase the complexity slowly. Ex: | sed -e step1 becomes | sed -e step1 -e step2 instead of adding another pipe and another "moving part" like tr