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cut -f1

• johnrob 16y ago
  Not working for me... > echo '1 2 3 4' | awk '{print $1}' 1 > echo '1 2 3 4' | cut -f1 1 2 3 4
  • pmarin 16y ago
    echo '1 2 3 4' | cut -d' ' -f1 By default cut uses TAB as delimiter
    • nimrody 16y ago
      Not to be picky, but still not good enough: echo '1 2 3 4' | cut -d' ' -f2 'cut' fails when fields are separated by multiple spaces.
      • pmarin 16y ago
        Ok. > echo '1 2 3 4' | sed 's/ */\t/g' | cut -f2 2
      • molinari 16y ago
        I usually pipe through a whitespace-to-single-tab command. So echo '1 2 3 4' | sp2tab | cut -f2 would be equivalent to echo '1 2 3 4' | awk '{print $2}' but quicker to write.
        • deleted 16y ago
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      • Kototama 16y ago
        echo "1 2 3 4" | tr -s " " | cut -f1 -d " " tr is nice!
        • cma 16y ago
          Doesn't work, gets caught on leading spaces: echo ' 1 2 3 4' | tr -s " " | cut -f1 -d " " > echo ' 1 2 3 4' | awk '{print $1}' >1