Thanks for replying. > > makes me wonder if it's just a question of documentation > and/or general education. cut is a very specialized tool. > If it doesn't do the job, using a more general-purpose one > is easy, once you see how. Do you think that adding a few > examples in "info cut" (including uses of awk) would suffice? >
I think adding the awk or tr examples in the manpage/info page would be helpful. However, I personally don't think it would suffice. I think it would still violate the principle of least surprise. Cheers, Leo.
