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Old 01-15-2013
Cut the two column from non delimited file
Hi, I have a question how to cut the column from non delimited file

This is my file

Code:
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000456328 exon_number 1 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-002 tss_id TSS26614
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000515242 exon_number 1 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-201 tss_id TSS165962
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000518655 exon_number 1 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-202 tss_id TSS165964
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000450305 exon_number 1 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-001 tss_id TSS72060
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000450305 exon_number 2 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-001 tss_id TSS72060
gene_id ENSG00000223972 transcript_id ENST00000518655 exon_number 2 gene_biotype pseudogene gene_name DDX11L1 transcript_name DDX11L1-202 tss_id TSS165964

I want to cut only the 1st and 2nd column (gene_id, ENST#)

Thank you
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-15-2013 at 08:52 AM.. Reason: quote tags => code tags
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Old 01-15-2013
If the fields are separated by a single space, then:
Code:
cut -d" " -f1-2 file

Otherwise it's simple with awk
Code:
awk '{print $1 FS $2}' file

I would add that this kind of question has been asked very many times, and you should search before asking. Thanks.
 
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