---
title: "choose over awk"
seo_description: Why I use choose instead of awk now days.
date: 2024-03-04T11:52:22+01:00
draft: false
snippet_types:
- awk
- choose
---

Sometimes typing out `awk '{print $1}'` just takes too long. Today I decovered [choose](https://github.com/theryangeary/choose?tab=readme-ov-file).
It makes selecting a field from an output much faster.

Now instead of:

```shell
$ gss | rg awk | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs hx
```

I run:

```shell
$ gss | rg awk | choose 1 | xargs hx
```