On 06/10/2010 10:58 AM, Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > > I need to reorder the fields in a file. But the -f option can not be > used to reorder field 1 and field 2.
Correct. POSIX standardized this behavior because some scripts rely on it, even though it may not be the most intuitive. > > Basically, I want the original 1st field as the new 2nd field and the > original 2nd field the first. Is reordering fields possible with cut. No. Use awk instead. -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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