choose
A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Print the 5th item from a line (starting from 0)
choose 4IdentifyPrint the first, 3rd, and 5th item from a line, where items are separated by ':' instead of whitespace
choose --field-separator ':' 0 2 4IdentifyPrint everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, including the 5th
choose 1:4IdentifyPrint everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, excluding the 5th
choose --exclusive 1:4IdentifyPrint the beginning of the line to the 3rd item
choose :2IdentifyPrint all items from the beginning of the line until the 3rd item (exclusive)
choose --exclusive :2IdentifyPrint all items from the 3rd to the end of the line
choose 2:IdentifyPrint the last item from a line
choose -1Identify