Tony Nelson wrote: > This all rather begs the question of what tool to use after cut in > order to reorder the fields? Why use anything after cut when you can more easily just replace cut for this task? > Don't pretend the answer is sed or awk, or their ilk. How would I be pretending about this output? awk -F : '{print $7, $1}' /etc/passwd /bin/bash root /sbin/nologin bin /sbin/nologin daemon ... -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. -- Mark Skousen
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