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From: Jim Reimer <jdr@wa5rrh.org>
To: Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: string manipulating?
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 11:56:54 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E1871E6.FDD712D4@wa5rrh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3E186E82.7CDBCC0C@gelm.net

Chuck Gelm wrote:
> 
> Hi, Jim:
> 
>  Thanks, that works great.
> Please explain:
> 
> \( is the left parenthesis escaped (?)

yes - we're defining the left paren as the field delimiter, and
cut will complain and refuse to work if you just give it -d(

> 
> '-f' is 'output only these fields'
>  what does the '2' of '-f2' do?

-f takes a list of fields to output, so in this case, -f2 means to
output the second field.  If you needed more fields, you could use
something like '-f1,3,5' (fields 1, 3, and 5) or '-f1-4' (fields 1
through 4), or whatever, depending on the need.

> 
> chuck
> 

73,
-jdr-
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-05 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-08 18:38 tar for "full" floppy backup? Jerry James Haumberger
2002-12-09  8:10 ` ichi
2002-12-08 21:07   ` dashielljt
2002-12-09 18:11     ` ichi
2002-12-09 10:16       ` dashielljt
2002-12-09 12:38       ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-01-04 17:50   ` pcmcia-cs quit working Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 16:46   ` string manipulating? Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 17:01     ` Jim Reimer
2003-01-05 17:42       ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-05 17:56         ` Jim Reimer [this message]
2003-01-05 17:20     ` Brian Jackson
2003-01-05 17:23       ` Brian Jackson
2003-01-06  0:50         ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-06  1:22           ` Brian Jackson
     [not found]           ` <3E19A91A.7EEB7666@wa5rrh.org>
2003-01-06 22:09             ` Chuck Gelm
2003-01-06 23:06               ` Brian Jackson
2003-02-19 22:56   ` PC speaker 'alert' Chuck Gelm
2003-02-20  2:33     ` whitnl73

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