so I'm trying to display only columns at a time 

first ls -l gives me this

```
drwxr-xr-x 11 stuff stuff      4096 2009-08-22 06:45 lyx-1.6.4
-rw-r--r--  1 stuff stuff  14403778 2009-10-26 02:37 lyx.tar.gz

```

I'm using this:

```
ls -l |cut -d " " -f 1 

```

to get this

```
drwxr-xr-x 
-rw-r--r-- 

```

and it displays my first column just fine. Then I want to see on the second column

```
ls -l |cut -d " " -f 2

```

I only get this

```
11

```

Shouldn't I get 

```
11
1

```

?  

Why is it doing this? 

if I try 

```
   ls -l |cut -d " " -f 2-3

```

I get 

```
11 stuff

```

There's gotta be an easier way to display columns right?