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Lexical Tools

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

FlagFeature 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.2025


  • 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