Cedric Boudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi dear core[wo]man, > > cut --version > cut (coreutils) 5.2.1 > > I try to ouput the output delimiter option of the cut programm with > splitting with the -c options > > that is what I have > > 082006 > 072006 > > that is what I want > 08,2006 > 07,2006 > > that is what I do > cut -c1-2,3-6 --output-delimiter=',' > > that is what I get > 082006 > 072006 > > trying the --output-delimiter=',' with the -d option works perfectly. > > If this is like it should be then a hint in the man page like > --output-delimiter=',' only works in conjunction with -d > would be of the best effect. > if this is not like it should be then it is a bug
Thank you for the nice bug report. Unfortunately for you (no fame and glory for finding a new bug :-), that bug was fixed back in early 2005, in the coreutils 5.3.0 release. Here's what I get when using coreutils-6.1: $ echo 082006|cut -c1-2,3-6 --output-delimiter=, 08,2006 The latest release is here. It is officially "unstable", but appears to be quite solid: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.1.tar.bz2 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
