Heyho guys, tested with 1.18.2 and with 1.19.3: *GNU cut*: % echo "foo:bar" | cut -d':' -f0 cut: fields and positions are numbered from 1 Try `cut --help' for more information. % echo "foo:bar" | cut -d':' -f1 foo *busybox cut*: % echo "foo:bar" | busybox cut -d':' -f0 foo % echo "foo:bar" | busybox cut -d':' -f1 foo Cheers Robert