choose

A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk.

• Print the 5th item from a line (starting from 0):

choose {4}

• Print the first, 3rd, and 5th item from a line, where items are separated by ':' instead of whitespace:

choose --field-separator '{:}' {0} {2} {4}

• Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, including the 5th:

choose {1}:{4}

• Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, excluding the 5th:

choose --exclusive {1}:{4}

• Print the beginning of the line to the 3rd item:

choose :{2}

• Print all items from the beginning of the line until the 3rd item (exclusive):

choose --exclusive :{2}

• Print all items from the 3rd to the end of the line:

choose {2}:

• Print the last item from a line:

choose {-1}

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