sbase/cut.1

.Dd January 22, 2015
.Dt CUT 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm cut
.Nd extract columns of data
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Fl b Ar list
.Op Fl n
.Op Ar file ...
.Nm
.Fl c Ar list
.Op Ar file ...
.Nm
.Fl f Ar list
.Op Fl d Ar delim
.Op Fl s
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
out bytes, characters or delimited fields from each line of
.Ar file
and write to stdout.
.Pp
If no
.Ar file
is given or
.Ar file
is '-',
.Nm
reads from stdin.
.Pp
.Ar list
is a comma or space separated list of numbers and ranges starting
from 1. Ranges have the form 'N-M'. If N or M is missing,
beginning or end of line is assumed. Numbers and ranges
may be repeated, overlapping and in any order.
.Pp
Selected input is written in the same order it is read
and is written exactly once.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b Ar list | Fl c Ar list
.Ar list
specifies byte | character positions.
.It Fl d Ar delim
Use
.Ar delim
as field delimiter, which can be an arbitrary string. Default is '\\t'.
.It Fl f Ar list
.Ar list
specifies field numbers. Lines not containing field
delimiters are passed through, unless
.Fl s
is specified.
.It Fl n
Do not split multibyte characters. A character is written when its
last byte is selected.
.It Fl s
Suppress lines not containing field delimiters.
.El
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
.Pp
The possibility of separating numbers and ranges with a space and specifying
multibyte delimiters of arbitrary length is an extension to that specification.
Add UTF-8-delimiter-support to cut(1) Now you can specify a multibyte-delimiter to cut, which should definitely be possible for the end-user (Fuck POSIX). Looking at GNU/coreutils' cut(1)[0], which basically ignores the difference between characters and bytes, the -n-option and which is bloated as hell, one has to wonder why they are still default. This is insane! Things like this personally keep me motivated to make sbase better every day. [0]: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=src/cut.c;hb=HEAD NSFW! You have been warned. 2015-01-22 06:32:50 -05:00			`.Dd January 22, 2015`
remove sbase-VERSION from man page, fix sponge.1 date 2015-01-31 08:20:02 -05:00			`.Dt CUT 1`
Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 14:37:03 -05:00			`.Os sbase`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm cut`
			`.Nd extract columns of data`
			`.Sh SYNOPSIS`
add some mandoc pages and fix some warnings - add .Os, it is mandatory. - don't redeclare .Nm when it's not needed. - fix some warnings (checked with mandoc -Tlint). - remove some leftover old stuff. 2015-01-30 15:17:58 -05:00			`.Nm`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.Fl b Ar list`
			`.Op Fl n`
			`.Op Ar file ...`
add some mandoc pages and fix some warnings - add .Os, it is mandatory. - don't redeclare .Nm when it's not needed. - fix some warnings (checked with mandoc -Tlint). - remove some leftover old stuff. 2015-01-30 15:17:58 -05:00			`.Nm`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.Fl c Ar list`
			`.Op Ar file ...`
add some mandoc pages and fix some warnings - add .Os, it is mandatory. - don't redeclare .Nm when it's not needed. - fix some warnings (checked with mandoc -Tlint). - remove some leftover old stuff. 2015-01-30 15:17:58 -05:00			`.Nm`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.Fl f Ar list`
			`.Op Fl d Ar delim`
			`.Op Fl s`
			`.Op Ar file ...`
			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
			`.Nm`
			`out bytes, characters or delimited fields from each line of`
			`.Ar file`
			`and write to stdout.`
			`.Pp`
			`If no`
			`.Ar file`
			`is given or`
			`.Ar file`
			`is '-',`
			`.Nm`
			`reads from stdin.`
			`.Pp`
			`.Ar list`
			`is a comma or space separated list of numbers and ranges starting`
			`from 1. Ranges have the form 'N-M'. If N or M is missing,`
			`beginning or end of line is assumed. Numbers and ranges`
			`may be repeated, overlapping and in any order.`
			`.Pp`
			`Selected input is written in the same order it is read`
			`and is written exactly once.`
			`.Sh OPTIONS`
			`.Bl -tag -width Ds`
			`.It Fl b Ar list \| Fl c Ar list`
			`.Ar list`
			`specifies byte \| character positions.`
man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 14:52:28 -05:00			`.It Fl d Ar delim`
			`Use`
			`.Ar delim`
			`as field delimiter, which can be an arbitrary string. Default is '\\t'.`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.It Fl f Ar list`
			`.Ar list`
			`specifies field numbers. Lines not containing field`
			`delimiters are passed through, unless`
			`.Fl s`
			`is specified.`
man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 14:52:28 -05:00			`.It Fl n`
			`Do not split multibyte characters. A character is written when its`
			`last byte is selected.`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.It Fl s`
Add cut(1) 2013-10-08 15:39:08 -04:00			`Suppress lines not containing field delimiters.`
Add mandoc-manpage for cut(1) and clean up code and mark it as finished in README. 2015-01-18 05:30:31 -05:00			`.El`
			`.Sh STANDARDS`
			`The`
			`.Nm`
			`utility is compliant with the`
			`.St -p1003.1-2008`
			`specification.`
			`.Pp`
fix mandoc warnings - sort references in SEE ALSO section to section number, name. - cols.1: proper order of sections. - wrap lines to max 79 column length. 2015-01-31 08:43:27 -05:00			`The possibility of separating numbers and ranges with a space and specifying`
			`multibyte delimiters of arbitrary length is an extension to that specification.`