choose

A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk. More information: https://github.com/theryangeary/choose.

• 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}}