This script actually isn’t by me, but by Mark J. Dominus. It’s very simple, but I use it often: it simply outputs the n-th field.
% lr -l | f 5
220
10
41
...
Compared to cut -f, it has a few advantages: it can output the last
fields (by negative index) and it seperates on arbitrary whitespace
(some BSD now have cut -w for this, a great addition).
And, of course, it’s quick to type.
NP: Toxoplasma—Weltverbesserer