cut: bug our feature ???

[Cedric Boudin]

Hi dear core[wo]man,

cut --version
cut (coreutils) 5.2.1


I try to ouput the output delimiter option of the cut programm with
splitting with the -c options

that is what I have

082006
072006
062006
052006
042006
032006
022006
012006
122005

that is what I want
08,2006
07,2006
06,2006
05,2006
04,2006
03,2006
02,2006
01,2006
12,2005

that is what I do
cut -c1-2,3-6 --output-delimiter=','

that is what I get
082006
072006
062006
052006
042006
032006
022006
012006
122005

trying the --output-delimiter=',' with the -d option works perfectly.

If this is like it should be then a hint in the man page like
--output-delimiter=',' only works in conjunction with -d
would be of the best effect.
if this is not like it should be then it is a bug

My little contribution to make excellent software better

thanks for those marvelous daily tools


Cedric Boudin







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