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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with `Who am i` and `cut` Post 302237824 by NycUnxer on Thursday 18th of September 2008 12:27:02 PM
Old 09-18-2008
I guess my final question on this is, for the second cut:
|cut -d\) -f1`

Where in that code is it telling it to grab the previous. If the delimeter is indicated as being ), why wouldnt it think to grab what ever follows as it did with the first cut. Sorry if the answer is obvious to you guys but not me Smilie
 

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