This is a public domain version of AT&T's cut and paste commands. Included is yet another version of getopt(3). If you already have a version then change the makefile. The software has been tested on both 4.2BSD (CCI Power 6/32 aka Sperry 7000/40) and SVR2 (3b2/400). It is currently in production mode on 4.2. The only known difference is that this cut does not require the list to be in assending order. e.g. cut -f4,2,1 x <=> cut -f1,2,4 x When a range is specified then the range must be in order e.g. cut -f3-2 will cause an error message. Depending upon your point of view this may or may not be a problem. Error messages are a little more helpful than in SVR1, in particular they tell you what the limits are for line lenghts etc. Feel free to change the software, send any bug reports to {ihnp4, pyramid}!ptsfa!ptsfc!ccm since I am off the unix mail until the next assignment!! Have fun, John Weald AGS Computers, Inc. 415-463-8711