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In <28333@oasys.dt.navy.mil> curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch) writes:
>I think "copy" might be what you are looking for.

He isn't looking for copy. There is a "cut" command in System V
UNIX with the following semantics:

black> mahaki man cut | col -bf | uniq

	  CUT(1)	       INTERACTIVE UNIX	System		     CUT(1)

	  NAME
	       cut - cut out selected fields of	each line of a file

	  SYNOPSIS
	       cut -clist [file	...]
	       cut -flist [-dchar] [-s]	[file ...]

	  DESCRIPTION
	       Use cut to cut out columns from a table or fields from each
	       line of a file; in data base parlance, it implements the
	       projection of a relation.  The fields as	specified by list
	       can be fixed length, i.e., character positions as on a
	       punched card (-c	option), or the	length can vary	from line
	       to line and be marked with a field delimiter character like
	       tab (-f option).	 cut can be used as a filter; if no files
	       are given, the standard input is	used.  In addition, a file
	       name of ``-'' explicitly	refers to standard input.
[ ... ]
black>

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