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A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk.

Options (2)

-f, --field-separatorboolean

Print the first, 3rd, and 5th item from a line, where items are separated by ':' instead of whitespace

Example: choose {{[-f|--field-separator]}} '{{:}}' {{0}} {{2}} {{4}}

-x, --exclusiveboolean

Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, excluding the 5th

Example: choose {{[-x|--exclusive]}} {{1}}:{{4}}

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 [-f|--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 [-x|--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 [-x|--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