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Re: Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file



On Jul 13, Trevor Bramwell <tbramwell@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> field it is a simpler version of:
> 
>   awk '{ print $5,$3,$1; }'
Do we really need this trivial program which barely saves typing a few
characters, especially in a standalone package?
Also, what is wrong with cut(1)?

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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