On Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 12:56â¯PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 12:34:44 +0200, microsuxx wrote: > > i installed bash dev , but there is no `help cut` > > It's a "loadable builtin". You have to build those, install them, > and then load the "cut" builtin explicitly.
It was far from clear what OP was talking about in the OP. I was confused for a long time, until I dug into the attached patches and found that the pathnames in the patches contained the string "loadable", which clued me in as to what sort of thing "cut" was. Actually, I am not too fond of the habit of having builtins (particularly those supplied as part of the distribution) with the same name as well-known Unix commands. It seems designed to create confusion. Also note: In looking around, I found that "cut" was supplied as an example loadable in bash 3.something, but was missing from bash 4.something, but now seems to be back (with greatly enhanced functionality compared to the 3.x version). I wonder why... ================================================================================ Please do not send me replies to my posts on the list. I always read the replies via the web archive, so CC'ing to me is unnecessary. Note that they always end up in my Spam file anyway, so it is annoying to have to periodically clean that out.
