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- choose
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- GPL-3.0
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- 15 September 2026 - latest/stable
- 12 June 2026 - latest/edge
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Human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk
This is choose, a human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk.
USAGE: choose [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <choices>...
FLAGS:
-c, --character-wise Choose fields by character number
-d, --debug Activate debug mode
-x, --exclusive Use exclusive ranges, similar to array indexing in many programming languages
-h, --help Prints help information
-n, --non-greedy Use non-greedy field separators
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-f, --field-separator <field-separator>
Specify field separator other than whitespace, using Rust regex syntax
-i, --input <input> Input file
-o, --output-field-separator <output-field-separator> Specify output field separator
ARGS: <choices>... Fields to print. Either a, a:b, a..b, or a..=b, where a and b are integers. The beginning or end of a range can be omitted, resulting in including the beginning or end of the line, respectively. a:b is inclusive of b (unless overridden by -x). a..b is exclusive of b and a..=b is inclusive of b
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