hck ☆
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Description:
Sharp cut(1) clone
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: cli text-processing data-wrangling cut rust utility
Install: brew install hck
About:
Hck is a high-performance command-line tool designed as a modern, fast alternative to the classic cut utility. It provides robust field extraction capabilities with support for regex-based delimiters and automatic header detection. The tool is optimized for processing large datasets efficiently, making it ideal for data wrangling and log analysis tasks.
Key Features:
  • Regex-based field splitting
  • Automatic header detection and preservation
  • Multi-threaded processing for speed
  • Support for various output formats
  • Memory-efficient streaming
Use Cases:
  • Extracting specific columns from large CSV or TSV files
  • Parsing server logs with complex delimiters
  • Data preprocessing for pipelines
  • Quick field manipulation in terminal workflows
Alternatives:
  • cut – Standard Unix tool, but lacks regex delimiters and is single-threaded
  • awk – More powerful but overkill for simple field extraction and slower
  • csvkit – Python-based suite, heavier dependency but more CSV-specific features
Version History
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Sep 13, 2024 4:31pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 8b2b0575
Jul 17, 2024 6:40pm 0 VERSION_BUMP f68b2e3b
Apr 16, 2024 7:12am 0 VERSION_BUMP e894ed5b
Apr 15, 2023 9:22pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 40c466c8
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