Shell Programming and Scripting

hi i am new to shell scripting,
i have been trying to cut columns numbered 1,4 of a file consisiting of 4 columns. Each column is seperated by 2 spaces.
for example:
john 6102097199 tennessee usa
michel 6734590899 texas USA
now, i need to cut the name and country column and paste it in another file.

I used the delimiter with 2 spaces using 'cut' function and pasted using 'paste' function to paste it in another file. But, this did'nt work
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS?????????????????????

Here is an awk solution.

Code:

awk '{ print $1,$4 }' entry.txt > output.file

If there are more than 4 columns and the country colume always appears last with name in the first column, then here is a more generalized solution.

Code:

awk '{ print $1,$NF }' entry.txt > output.file

vino

Code:

awk '{ print $1,$NF }' entry.txt > output.file

Thanks futurelet! That was a typo. F and R are too close to each other.