Re: [dev] [PATCH] sbase: add cut

From: Nick <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:21:03 +0100

Quoth Ryan Mullen:
> Exclusion of cut would make sbase not viable when existing scripts
> need to be supported.

Exactly. I only use awk to do these kind of jobs nowadays, but cut
is in use a lot of places, so it makes sense to use it. And it can
be easier for certain kinds of jobs (e.g. printing all fields but
the first.)
Received on Wed Aug 01 2012 - 16:21:03 CEST