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bashprocesstabsdelimited
RnD
RnD

Reputation: 1182

How can I get 2nd and third column in tab delim file in bash?

I want to use bash to process a tab delimited file. I only need the second column and third to a new file.

Upvotes: 42

Views: 55564

Answers (3)

vkersten
vkersten

Reputation: 161

expanding on the answer of carl-norum, using only tab as a delimiter, not all blanks:

cut -d$'\t' -f 2-3 input.txt > output.txt

don't put a space between d and $

Upvotes: 3

Fredrik Pihl
Fredrik Pihl

Reputation: 45672

Cut is probably the best choice here, second to that is awk

awk -F"\t" '{print $2 "\t" $3}' input > out

Upvotes: 15

Carl Norum
Carl Norum

Reputation: 225032

cut(1) was made expressly for this purpose:

cut -f 2-3 input.txt > output.txt

Upvotes: 86

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