the 'chucknorris' cut, easily extracts fields/columns from console output. When 'cut' fails: use supercut!

supercut.bash

# the 'chucknorris'-cut, handy for csv and ls, removes double delimiters and such. When 'cut' fails: use supercut!
# for csv parsing with quote-support use bashlive's 'csvget'
# @param string columnnumber
# @param string delimiter [optional, default: space]
# usage: ls -la     | supercut 4        <-- prints the 4th column
#        cat my.csv | supercut 3 ;      <-- prints the 4rd column from a ';'-seperated csv without quotes

supercut(){
  [[ ! -n $2 ]] && delimiter=' ' || delimiter=${2:0:1}; cat - | tr -s "$delimiter" | cut -d"$delimiter" -f $1
}