Re^2: selecting columns from a tab-separated-values file

I'm on CentOS, and (as pointed out), cut won't, er, cut it because I can't reorder the fields. (Also I need to do a little bit of processing.)

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Re^3: selecting columns from a tab-separated-values file by mildside (Friar) on Jan 22, 2013 at 03:39 UTC
Yes sorry, I'd forgotten about the limitation of cut keeping the original field order (it's fast though!). Given you need to do a bit of processing as well I think the post by Kenosis should get you well on the way.	[reply]