On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 15:08 -0400, Tony Vance wrote: > By the way, this is what I did instead of using awk: > > cut -c7-500 > > I guess cut epitomizes the UNIX philosophy of doing one thing and doing > it well.
cut is definitely very useful. However I often find myself abusing cut when awk with sed would be the best tool. For example, I sometimes end up with 3 or 4 cut commands piping into each other. Michael > > --Tony > > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
