--- sysinfo.sh	Thu Dec 11 20:54:46 1997
+++ /home/andy/tmp/wrk/sysinfo.sh	Wed Dec 17 08:30:28 1997
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 
 # this bombs out on Ultrix which expect "cut -d"
 
-compsystem=`uname -a | cut -b 1-78`
-compdate=`date|cut -b1-55`
+compsystem=`uname -a | cut -f 1-78`
+compdate=`date | cut -f 1-55`
 
 # let's hope that ctrl-c is not part of any string here
 # this also will barf later if " is in any of the strings
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@
  sed -e "s%CCVERSION%$gccversion" -e "s%LIBCVERSION%$libcversion"\
      -e "s%SYSTEM%$compsystem" -e "s%DATE%$compdate"\
    ${i}.template > $i