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Work · June 13, 2022

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Tuc – When cut doesn’t cut it

Announcing `tuc`, a utility similar to coreutils `cut`, but more powerful. It allows to split text or bytes into parts and reassemble them in any order. I always found `cut` very practical for some tasks where `sed` or `awk` were overkill or awkward to use, but I also felt the need for more features. Some key differences from `cut`: - parts can be referenced by negative indexes - delimiters can be any number of characters long, or match a regex - can split text into lines, and reassemble them

In plain words

Tuc is a command-line utility for splitting and reassembling text or bytes, designed as a more capable alternative to the standard cut tool. It allows users to reference parts by negative indexes, use multi-character or regex-based delimiters, and reorganize extracted segments in any order. The tool targets developers and system administrators who need text manipulation more flexible than cut but simpler than sed or awk.

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