cut-character.md

Cut Character

The CUT-CHARACTER directive selects parts of a string value, accepting standard cut options.

Syntax

cut-character <source> <destination> <type> <range|indexes>

The <type> <range|indexes> are the standard cut options.

Usage Notes

The standard options for the CUT-CHARACTER directive include a list of one or more ranges of characters. Each range is prefaced with a type (-b byte, -c character, -f field) and written as:

• N The N'th byte, character, or field, counting from 1
• N- From the N'th byte, character, or field, to the end of the line
• N-M From the N'th to M'th (included) byte, character, or field
• -M From the first to M'th (included) byte, character, or field

Example

Using this record as an example:

{
  "body": "one two three four five six seven eight"
}

Applying these directives:

cut-character body one -c 1-3
cut-character body two -c 5-7
cut-character body three -c 9-13
cut-character body four -c 15-
cut-character body five -c 1,2,3
cut-character body six -c -3
cut-character body seven -c 1,2,3-5

would result in this record:

{
  "body": "one two three four five six seven eight",
  "one": "one",
  "two": "two",
  "three": "three",
  "four": "four five six seven eight",
  "five": "one",
  "six": "one",
  "seven": "one t"
}