Chuck Gelm wrote: > > Hi, Jim: > > Thanks, that works great. > Please explain: > > \( is the left parenthesis escaped (?)
yes - we're defining the left paren as the field delimiter, and cut will complain and refuse to work if you just give it -d( > > '-f' is 'output only these fields' > what does the '2' of '-f2' do? -f takes a list of fields to output, so in this case, -f2 means to output the second field. If you needed more fields, you could use something like '-f1,3,5' (fields 1, 3, and 5) or '-f1-4' (fields 1 through 4), or whatever, depending on the need. > > chuck > 73, -jdr- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
