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Silly bash function I use all the time. function f { awk '{print $'$1'}' } cat tab-separated | f 2 > just-the-2nd-column

• bsaunder 17y ago
  cut -f2 tab-separated > just-the-2nd-column
  • philh 17y ago
    I have a script much like cut, but which can reorder and duplicate fields. http://github.com/ChickenProp/f/tree/master http://github.com/ChickenProp/f/tree/master
  • mmt 17y ago
    doesn't work if it's any-amount-of-whitespace separated
    • obecalp 17y ago
      -d'<tab>'
      • mmt 17y ago
        Nope: echo 'a b' | cut -d' ' -f2 a b
• rv77ax 17y ago
  load "tab-separated" ( :f1:::'\t', :f2:::'\t', :f3::: ) as x; create "just-the-2nd-column" from x ( :f2::: ); -- http://github.com/shuLhan/vos http://github.com/shuLhan/vos