gocut

cut cli util written in go

single field

default tab delimiter

gocut -f 2 sample.tsv

f1
1
6
11
16
21

custom delimiter

gocut -f 1 -d , fourchords.csv | head -n 5

Song title
"10000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)"
"20 Good Reasons"
"Adore You"
"Africa"

list of fields

gocut -f 1,2 sample.tsv

f0      f1
0       1
5       6
10      11
15      16
20      21

gocut -d , -f "1 2" fourchords.csv | head -n 5

Song title,Artist
"10000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)",Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin
"20 Good Reasons",Thirsty Merc
"Adore You",Harry Styles
"Africa",Toto

stdin

tail -n 5 fourchords.csv | gocut -d , -f "1 2"

"Young Volcanoes",Fall Out Boy
"You Found Me",The Fray
"You'll Think Of Me",Keith Urban
"You're Not Sorry",Taylor Swift
"Zombie",The Cranberries

single dash provided (-)

tail -n 5 fourchords.csv | gocut -d , -f "1 2" -

"Young Volcanoes",Fall Out Boy
"You Found Me",The Fray
"You'll Think Of Me",Keith Urban
"You're Not Sorry",Taylor Swift
"Zombie",The Cranberries