How to specify more spaces for the delimiter using cut?

Question

Is there any way to specify a field delimiter for more spaces with the cut command? (like \" \"+) ? For example: In the following string, I like to reach value \'3744\', wha

Answer 1

As an alternative, there is always perl:

ps aux | perl -lane 'print $F[3]'

Or, if you want to get all fields starting at field #3 (as stated in one of the answers above):

ps aux | perl -lane 'print @F[3 .. scalar @F]'