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Re: man page for cut



Richmond wrote: 
> echo hello|cut -b=2-5
> cut: invalid byte/character position ‘=2-5’
> Try 'cut --help' for more information.
> 
> Why is this?
> 
> (An example paints a thousand words).

$ echo hello|cut -b 2-5
ello

$ echo hello|cut --bytes=2-5
ello

-dsr-


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