diff --git a/pages/common/choose.md b/pages/common/choose.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..67d27e918 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/choose.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# choose + +> A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk. +> More information: . + +- Print the 5th item from a line (starting from 0): + +`choose {{4}}` + +- Print the first, 3rd, and 5th item from a line, where items are separated by ':' instead of whitespace: + +`choose --field-separator '{{:}}' {{0}} {{2}} {{4}}` + +- Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, including the 5th: + +`choose {{1}}:{{4}}` + +- Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, excluding the 5th: + +`choose --exclusive {{1}}:{{4}}` + +- Print the beginning of the line to the 3rd item: + +`choose :{{2}}` + +- Print all items from the beginning of the line until the 3rd item (exclusive): + +`choose --exclusive :{{2}}` + +- Print all items from the 3rd to the end of the line: + +`choose {{2}}:` + +- Print the last item from a line: + +`choose {{-1}}`