GNU bug report logs - #14224
Feature request for the `cut`: record delimiter

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From: George Brink <siberianowl <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 14224 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14224: Feature request for the `cut`: record delimiter
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:12:01 -0400

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com> wrote:

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> awk is often suggested too as an alternative to cut.
>
No, I looked at awk, but it does not have a convenient way to specify lists
of printed fields.
awk -e "BEGIN{FS="☺"; RS="☻"; OFS=FS; ORS=RS;}; {print $1,$2,$3,$15,$16,$17
??? ) }
You got the picture...
It is possible to repeat a cut in awk (and documentation for awk does show
how), but this would be a creation of an external application, not a
one-liner with a tool from the box.

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