wishlist: give cut(1) option to split fields on whitespace

[Mike Coleman]

It would be really nice if cut(1) could split fields using whitespace
as a separator (as many other text tools do).  Currently I use

    $ awk '{ print $3, $4, $5 }'

for this sort of thing, but it seems relatively klutzy, as opposed to (say)

    $ cut -w -f 3-5

Mike