Using Cut Command To Split File

[thunderkid]

I am trying to format inputs from several processed files. I want to use cut command.

Current:
File1col1 File1col2 File1col3 File1col4

I have tried:
cut -f1,2 File1.dat > firstsec.dat
cut -f3,4 File1.dat > thirdfourth.dat

The files have space as a delimiters. As I have use Cut it is not separating the file.

thunderkid

 

[thunderkid]

I have solved my problem using awk. Thanks
thunderkid

 

[PHV]

The default field separator for cut is <Tab>, so you should play with the -d option.
The awk way is a good one as you don't need to read the file twice:
awk '{print $1,$2>"firstsec.dat";print $3,$4>"thirdfourth.dat"}' File1.dat

Hope This Helps, PH.
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