why does "cut" print fields in original order?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> > i understand that that's not indicated on the man page.  on the
> > other hand, is there any reason that it *wasn't* done that way?

> You need  some reason to type:
> sed -e 's/\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\)/\7:\1/'

you are a truly sick person, and should seek help.

rday
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