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obj: application
repo: https://github.com/theryangeary/choose
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# choose
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`choose` , a human-friendly and fast alternative to `cut` and (sometimes) `awk`
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## Usage
```shell
choose [OPTIONS] < choices > ...
choose 1 # Choose the the second element
choose -f" " 0:3 # Choose element 0 to 3 seperated by " "
```
## Options
| Option | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `-f, --field-separator <field-separator>` | Specify field separator other than whitespace, using [Rust ](../../dev/programming/languages/Rust.md ) `regex` syntax |
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| `-i, --input <input>` | Input file |
| `-o, --output-field-separator <output-field-separator>` | Specify output field separator |
