nth

extracts specific fields from input

Extract nth field

$ echo "[a b c]" | nth [2]

Extract from CSV

$ nth -d "," [1] < [file.csv]

Extract multiple fields

$ nth [1] [3] [5] < [file.txt]

Use custom delimiter

$ nth -d ":" [1] < [/etc/passwd]

nth [options] fields [file]

nth extracts specific fields from input. Simple alternative to awk/cut.
The tool handles field extraction efficiently. Cleaner syntax than awk.

FIELDS

Field numbers to extract (1-indexed).

-d DELIMITER

Field delimiter (default: whitespace).

-0

Use null as output separator.

--help

Display help information.

Field numbering starts at 1. Simpler than awk but less powerful.

nth provides simple field extraction as an alternative to awk and cut.