One correction ... the second command s/b:
$ cut -d ' ' -f2 source_file.txt > output_file_2.txt
As I sent it the second command will overwrite the file created by the first
command.
Apologies for missing that.
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Rod
> On Jul 3, 2022, at 2:35 PM, David Brostoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Jul 3, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Rod Buchanan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Another command-line option would be to use cut. Assuming the fields are
>> separated by a space:
>>
>> $ cut -d ' ' -f1 source_file.txt > output_file_1.txt
>> $ cut -d ' ' -f2 source_file.txt > output_file_1.txt
>>
>> Where:
>>
>> -d ‘ ‘ Tells cut the fields are separated by a space
>> -f 1 Specifieds the field, in this case
>> field 1
>> source_file.txt the name of the file containing the data
>> output_file_1.txt the name of the file you want the output placed
>> in
>
> Thank you for this interesting tip.
>
> I now know how to specify the output path by dragging the output file to the
> command line when the item it is replacing is the last one in the command,
> but how do I do it for an item in the middle of the command?
>
> Also, when I entered the above text in Terminal to try it out, I got the
> error message "zsh: command not found: $".
>
> David
>
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