choose

A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and awk

Text Processing linuxmacoswindows Rust GPL-3.0

Description

choose is a simpler alternative to cut and awk for selecting fields from text. It uses intuitive field indexing, supports negative indices and ranges, and handles various delimiters with minimal syntax.

Install

homebrewbrew install choose-rust

cargocargo install choose

AI Summary

A human-friendly alternative to cut and awk. Select fields from text using intuitive 0-based indexing, negative indices, and ranges with minimal syntax.

Capabilities

+ Intuitive 0-based field selection
+ Negative indices to select from the end
+ Range selection (e.g., 2:5, :3, -2:)
+ Custom field delimiters

Use When

→ Extracting columns from command output
→ Want simpler syntax than awk for field selection
→ Quick column extraction in pipelines

Avoid When

x Need awk's full text processing capabilities
x Scripts that must be portable to systems without choose

Usage Patterns

Select a specific field

echo 'one two three' | choose 1

Prints 'two' (0-based indexing)

Select a range of fields

echo 'a b c d e' | choose 1:3

Prints fields 1 through 3: 'b c d'

Input / Output

stdin: Delimited text data

stdout: Selected fields

Exit codes:

0 Success

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