Fields System Options

Cut out and/or rearrange field(s) from input. This process includes:

• filter out field(s)
• rearrange field(s)

from input and then send to output.

This page lists all system options for fields programs

Flag	Feature Descriptions
Input Filter Options:
None
Global Behavior Options:
h	Print program help information.
hs	Print option's hierarchy structure.
i:STR	Define input file name. The default is standard input.
o:STR	Define output file name. The default is standard output.
p	Show the prompt. The default is no prompt.
s:STR	Defines a field separator.
v	Return the current version identification of fields.
Output Filter Options:
F:INT	Specified the field for output to display.

Examples:

shell> fields -i:in.data -o:out.data

Read data from file (in.data) line by line, and send output to file, out.data.

shell> fields -v
fields.2024

shell> fields -F:3:1 -p
- Please input a term (type "Ctl-d" to quit) >
Field 1|F-2|field 3|f-4
field 3|Field 1