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title: Install fields on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of fields for on Ubuntu - CLI tool for parsing
  columnar text
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/fields/ubuntu
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# Install fields on **Ubuntu**

# fields

[Seth Hoenig (shoenig)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/shoenig "View all snaps from Seth Hoenig (shoenig)")

* [Seth Hoenig (shoenig)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/shoenig "View all snaps from Seth Hoenig (shoenig)")
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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/fields/ubuntu#install)

#### CLI tool for parsing columnar text

fields is a tool for selecting columns of text. One or more individual columns and/or ranges of columns can be selected by index. Indexes can be positive (counting from the left) or negative (counting from the right). Ranges can bounded or unbounded (e.g. select all input to the left or right of N).

### Package name

* fields

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 18 April 2021 - latest/stable
* 18 April 2021 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [sethops1.net](https://sethops1.net "https://sethops1.net")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/fields/ubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install fields

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install fields

To install fields, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install fields
```

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