missing feature in cut

Zachmann <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:43:37 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.textutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I think, it should be possible to specify the "last" field,
no matter how many fields the input has.
For instance, a possible syntax could be 

	cut -f+1

Similarly, one could extend this syntax to be able to specify the
"last N fields" by 'cut -f+N'.

Cheers,
Gab.