Re: man page for cut

[Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@rince.de>]

Hi Richmond!

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024, Richmond wrote:

> In the man page for cut it says:
> 
>  -b, --bytes=LIST
>               select only these bytes
> 
> But there is no equals sign in the actual syntax:
> 
> echo hello|cut -b 2-5
> ello
> 
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’
> Try 'cut --help' for more information.
>
> Why is this?

because it has to be
echo hello | cut --bytes=2-5

best regards, Hanno Wagner
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