Cut

What it does

This tool runs the cut unix command, which extract or delete columns from a file.

Field List Example:

1,3,7 - Cut specific fields/characters.

3- - Cut from the third field/character to the end of the line.

2-5 - Cut from the second to the fifth field/character.

-8 - Cut from the first to the eight field/characters.

Input Example:

fruit       color   price   weight
apple       red     1.4     0.5
orange      orange  1.5     0.3
banana      yellow  0.9     0.3

Output Example ( Keeping fields 1,3,4 ):

fruit       price   weight
apple       1.4     0.5
orange      1.5     0.3
banana      0.9     0.3

Output Example ( Discarding field 2 ):

fruit       price   weight
apple       1.4     0.5
orange      1.5     0.3
banana      0.9     0.3

Output Example ( Keeping 3 characters ):

fru
app
ora
ban

Citation

If you use this tool in Galaxy, please cite:

Bjoern A. Gruening (2014), Galaxy wrapper

Assaf Gordon (gordon <at> cshl dot edu)