why does "cut" print fields in original order?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Tony Nelson wrote:
> 
> This all rather begs the question of what tool to use after cut in order to
> reorder the fields?  Don't pretend the answer is sed or awk, or their ilk.
How about something like "echo $2 $1"?

Mikkel
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