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[3ae31e9]	1	NAME
	2	field - select fields or columns from a file
	3
	4	SYNOPSIS
	5
	6	field [-tc] [-nc] [-pc] n ...
	7
	8	DESCRIPTION
	9
	10	The field command copies selected, delimiter-separated fields from
	11	the standard input to the standard output.
	12
	13	Fields are numbered from 1 and a field may be requested more than once.
	14
	15	The default delimiter is a tab.
	16
	17	This can be changed to character c with the option -tc .
	18	If the form -nc is used, the delimiter c is used on input,
	19	but the output is still separated by tabs. If the form -pc
	20	is use, the delimiter c is used on output, but the input is
	21	still delimited by tabs.
	22
	23	EXAMPLE
	24
	25	The following command extracts the login names, user and group numbers
	26	from the password file:
	27
	28
	29	field -t: 1 3 4 </etc/passwd
	30
	31	SEE ALSO
	32
	33	Cut, which is available on System V.
	34	There is a version of cut on this system, but no manual entry yet.
	35
	36	BUGS/LIMITATIONS
	37
	38	The number of input or output fields may not exceed 256 and
	39	the maximum line length is 4096 characters.
	40
	41	AUTHORS
	42
	43	Adapted from:
	44
	45	Bourne, S. R.
	46	"The Unix Programming Environment"
	47	p 228-9.
	48
	49	Modifications by William Silvert and D.N. Lynx Crowe.

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