cut -c or cut -b

"De, Shounak" <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:26:38 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs,gmane.comp.gnu.textutils.bugs
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uname -a
Linux lxdev3m0 2.4.7-10smp #1 SMP Thu Sep 6 17:09:31 EDT 2001 i686 =
unknown

a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b0-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b1-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b2-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b3-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b4-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b5-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b6-` ; echo [$a]
[Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -b7-` ; echo [$a]
[oy ]

a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c0-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c1-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c2-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c3-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c4-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c5-` ; echo [$a]
[ Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c6-` ; echo [$a]
[Joy ]
a=3D`echo "     Joy     " | cut  -c7-` ; echo [$a]
[oy ]