tuc Command Examples

Cut text (or bytes) where a delimiter matches, then keep the desired parts. A more user-friendly and powerful version of cut with sensible defaults. More information: https://github.com/riquito/tuc.

• Cut and rearrange fields:

echo "foo bar baz" | tuc {{[-d|--delimiter]}} '{{ }}' {{[-f|--fields]}} {{3,2,1}}

• Replace the delimiter space with an arrow:

echo "foo bar baz" | tuc {{[-d|--delimiter]}} ' ' {{[-r|--replace-delimiter]}} ' ➡ '

• Keep a range of fields:

echo "foo bar baz" | tuc {{[-d|--delimiter]}} ' ' {{[-f|--fields]}} {{2:}}

• Cut using regular expressions:

echo "a,b, c" | tuc {{[-e|--regex]}} '{{[, ]+}}' {{[-f|--fields]}} {{1,3}}

• Emit JSON output:

echo "foo bar baz" | tuc {{[-d|--delimiter]}} '{{ }}' --json