field

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field is a easy, elegant, minimal and flexible way to parse and access fields from stream of text.

Features

• Extract specific fields from each input line.
• Support for custom delimiters.
• Option to ignore empty lines.
• Limit the number of fields processed.
• Support multiple field selections.

Installation

From source

Clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/Nadim147c/field.git
cd field
make
make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local

You can also set PREFIX=/usr to install the binary to /usr/bin.

This will:

• Build the binary (field)
• Install the binary to ~/.local/bin (or $PREFIX/bin)
• Install shell completions for Bash, Zsh, and Fish

Usage

field [flags] ...<range>

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork and Clone the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature).
3. Make your changes.
4. Run tests and linters:

make lint

5. Submit a pull request.

Please follow the existing code style and write clear commit messages.

License

field is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See LICENSE for details.