This is really a suggestion rather than a bug report. The cut utility
could be made somewhat handier by adding a switch to invert the
printing output. Thus, whereas
cut -c "1,3"
currently outputs only columns 1 and 3,
cut -v -c "1,3"
would output every column EXCEPT columns 1 and 3. Likewise,
cut -vf '2-4'
would print every field except fields 2, 3, and 4. I suggest the
option -v for this switch to make it similar to grep, where -v also
works to invert the sense of the match.
If I have inadvertently sent this to the wrong email recipient, please
redirect this mail so it arrives at the program development team.
Thanks for your consideration.
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Eric Pement - eric.pement [at] moody [dot] edu
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