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diff --git a/fuzzycat/utils.py b/fuzzycat/utils.py
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+import io
+import string
+
+printable_no_punct = string.digits + string.ascii_letters + string.whitespace
+
+
+def slugify_string(s: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Keeps ascii chars and single whitespace only.
+    """
+    return ''.join((c for c in s.lower() if c in printable_no_punct))
+
+
+def cut(f: int = 0, sep: str = '\t', ignore_missing_column: bool = True):
+    """
+    Return a callable that extracts a given column from a line.
+    """
+    def func(value):
+        parts = value.strip().split(sep)
+        if f >= len(parts):
+            if ignore_missing_column:
+                return ""
+            raise ValueError('cannot split value {} into {} parts'.format(value, f))
+        return parts[f]
+
+    return func