According to this cut command lacks --complement option. Any suggestions as how to get this?
I needed this as it is supported on Linux sh
My problem is quite similar to this so I tried following to make it work
#!/bin/sh
EXTRA=$@
REST=`echo $EXTRA | cut -d ' ' --complement -s -f1`
echo $REST
Any suggestions are welcome
PS: I cannot use bash instead of sh
You can install gcut, the GNU version of cut using homebrew.
brew install coreutils
That one supports --complement (as well as --output-delimiter).
If you really just want all but the first argument, use shift.
#!/bin/sh
first_arg=$1
shift
printf '%s\n' "$@" # Prints all but the first argument, one per line
Using minus at the end without anything else is equivalent to --complement
#!/bin/sh
echo test asdf test | cut -d ' ' -s -f2-
For example the above example is equivalent to
#!/bin/sh
echo test asdf test | cut -d ' ' -s -f1 --complement
cuton OSX doesn't support--complement, why would you think this would work? Can you explain what you are actually trying to accomplish, as there may be a way to do it that doesn't involve using this feature ofcut(in fact, may not usecutat all).EXTRA=$@is not a useful thing to do, which makes me doubt thatcutis the solution to what you want in the first place.