title: Can I change the order of the output fields from the Linux cut command?
body: <p>I am using cut command in command line and seems I can't get the output I like. 
  Do you have any idea why I am getting this? Is it something that I do wrong?</p>
  
  <p>This is the normal output and I would like to output in different order:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@upbvm500 root]# ls -al IDS_DIR/a | tr -s " "
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 1 17:18 IDS_DIR/a
  [root@upbvm500 root]#
  
  [root@upbvm500 root]# ls -al IDS_DIR/a | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f5,6,7,8,3,4,1
  -rw-r--r-- root root 0 Jan 1 17:18
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But as you can see, this is not working like expected.
  Any idea why they are switching places? </p>