-- 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: $". Don't enter the '$'. I was showing the shell prompt (in my case, the bash shell). I probably should've left that out. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/94BE267C-F191-4391-BBD4-EED1AC529FB3%40sofstats.com.
