Command-line tool

choose-rust

brew/choose-rust

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install choose

macOS

brew install choose-rust

Linux

brew install choose-rust

Print the 5th item from a line (starting from 0)

choose 4

Print the first, 3rd, and 5th item from a line, where items are separated by ':' instead of whitespace

choose -f ':' 0 2 4

Print everything from the 2nd to 5th item on the line, including the 5th

choose 1:4

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