Re: cut command

[Eric Blake]

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ccording to ashish on 7/9/2007 5:25 PM:
> Spam detection software, running on the system "joseki.proulx.com", has
> identified this incoming email as possible spam.

A copy of your mail finally made it to the list, but you probably ought to
resolve the problems detected by the spam trap so that future mail from
you is not lost.

> 
>    i am trying to use cut command for = printing fields  in my order but it
>    is unable to do it.
> 
>    e.g. cut -d" " -f 3,1,2 = filename
> 
>    it always print in field = 1,2,3

Yes, cut is documented to behave this way, as required by POSIX.  From
'cut --help': "Selected input is written in the same order that it is
read, and is written exactly once."

> 
>    there is now option  available.

awk or perl are better tools for rearranging field order.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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