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A powerful, multi-threaded alternative to the cut cli tool with regex support

6 starsRust

Splitby v2.0.0 – a modern alternative to cut

by Serenacula·May 8, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Faster cut alternative with regex, but rclone and awk already cover most use cases.

Strengths
  • •Rust implementation provides genuine multi-threaded performance for massive files.
  • •Regex support adds flexibility that the standard POSIX cut command lacks.
Weaknesses
  • •Competes with established Swiss-army knives like awk, sed, and Miller (mlr).
  • •Niche utility that solves a problem often handled by one-liners in other tools.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers and data scientists processing large log files

Similar To

cut · awk · Miller

Post Description

Heya!

So this is a project I've been working on for a fair while, and with this version it's pretty much feature complete.

For a bit more info, this is intended as a tool for manipulating strings in the terminal. Basically a more powerful and intuitive version of the cut tool.

I didn't get much traction last time I posted this, but I'd love to receive some feedback! :)

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