Running cut with -c, the --output-delimiter option is ignored

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Issue

  • Using the --output-delimiter option with cut -c doesn't work. The --output-delimiter option is ignored. (Note that cut behaves as expected in Fedora 17.)

    [user@RHEL]$ echo 1234567890 | cut -c1-3,6-7,9-10 --output-delimiter=,
1236790
------------
[user@FEDORA]$ echo 1234567890 | cut -c1-3,6-7,9-10 --output-delimiter=,
123,67,90

Environment

  • coreutils
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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