Mike Coleman wrote:
> 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
That was discussed a while ago:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-05/msg00153.html
In summary the existing `tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut -d ' '`
was (marginally) deemed sufficient rather than supporting
cut -d '[:blank:]'
cheers,
Pádraig.
