diff --git i/NEWS w/NEWS
index d97a9a4..b30e91d 100644
--- i/NEWS
+++ w/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
   either as IPv4-Mapped (ipv6v4map) or IPv4-Compatible (ipv6v4comp)
   addresses.
 
+  Add two command aliases:
+    'echo' may now be used instead of 'cut'.
+    'uniq' may now be used instead of 'unique'.
+
 ** Improvements
 
   Updated the bash completion script to reflect recent additions.
diff --git i/contrib/bash-completion/datamash w/contrib/bash-completion/datamash
index 9a62df9..86b467d 100644
--- i/contrib/bash-completion/datamash
+++ w/contrib/bash-completion/datamash
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _datamash ()
   #      or the regex will fail.
   local groupby_ops="sum min max absmin absmax range \
 count first last rand \
-unique collapse countunique \
+unique uniq collapse countunique \
 mean geomean harmmean trimmean median q1 q3 iqr perc mode antimode \
 pstdev sstdev pvar svar mad madraw \
 pskew sskew pkurt skurt dpo jarque \
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pcov scov ppearson spearson"
 
   local line_ops="base64 debase64 md5 sha1 sha224 sha256 sha384 sha512 \
 round floor ceil trunc frac bin strbin dirname basename extname barename \
-getnum cut"
+getnum cut echo"
   local line_ops_re=${line_ops// /|}
 
   local datamash_short_options="-c -C -f -g -H -i -s -t -R -W -z"
diff --git i/doc/datamash.texi w/doc/datamash.texi
index cb90b1c..ac02749 100644
--- i/doc/datamash.texi
+++ w/doc/datamash.texi
@@ -177,13 +177,14 @@ thousands separator.
 @code{sha224}, @code{sha256}, @code{sha384}, @code{sha512}, @code{bin},
 @code{strbin}, @code{round}, @code{floor}, @code{ceil}, @code{trunc},
 @code{frac}, @code{dirname}, @code{basename}, @code{extname}, @code{barename},
-@code{getnum}, @code{cut}
+@code{getnum}, @code{cut}, @code{echo}
 
 @item Group-by Numeric operations:
 @code{sum}, @code{min}, @code{max}, @code{absmin}, @code{absmax}, @code{range}
 
 @item Group-by Textual/Numeric operations:
-@code{count}, @code{first}, @code{last}, @code{rand}, @code{unique},
+@code{count}, @code{first}, @code{last}, @code{rand},
+@code{unique}, @code{uniq},
 @code{collapse}, @code{countunique}
 
 @item Group-by Statistical operations:
@@ -249,7 +250,8 @@ file has a header line, and the output should contain a header line as well.
 @opindex --ignore-case
 @opindex -i
 Ignore upper/lower case when comparing text for grouping, sorting, and comparing
-unique values in the @samp{countunique} and @samp{unique} operations.
+unique values in the @samp{countunique} and @samp{unique}
+(or @samp{uniq}) operations.
 
 @item --sort
 @itemx -s
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ This option overrides @option{--field-separator}/@option{-t}/
 @opindex -c
 
 Use character @var{X} instead of comma to delimit items in a
-@samp{collapse} or @samp{unique} list.
+@samp{collapse} or @samp{unique} (aka @samp{uniq}) list.
 
 @item --round=@var{N}
 @itemx -R @var{N}
@@ -429,6 +431,8 @@ extract a number from the field. @code{getnum} accepts an optional single
 letter option @samp{n/i/d/p/h/o} affecting the detected value.
 @item cut
 copy input field to output field (similar to @command{cut(1)}).
+@item echo
+an alias for @code{cut}.
 @end table
 
 @item Group-by Numeric operations:
@@ -465,6 +469,8 @@ the last value of the group
 one random value from the group
 @item unique
 comma-separated sorted list of unique values
+@item uniq
+an alias for @code{unique}.
 
 @option{--collapse-delimiter} can be used to use a different character
 than comma.
diff --git i/man/datamash.x w/man/datamash.x
index 5f5ebe8..3347b57 100644
--- i/man/datamash.x
+++ w/man/datamash.x
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ extract a number from the field. \fBTYPE\fR is optional single letter option
 n/i/d/p/h/o (see examples below).
 
 .TP
-.B cut
+.B cut/echo
 copy input field to output field (similar to cut(1)).
+The echo command is simply an alias to cut.
 .PP
 
 
@@ -152,8 +153,9 @@ the last value of the group
 one random value from the group
 
 .TP
-.B unique
+.B unique/uniq
 comma-separated sorted list of unique values
+The uniq command is simply an alias to unique.
 
 .TP
 .B collapse
diff --git i/src/op-defs.c w/src/op-defs.c
index cabe2d1..11e62b5 100644
--- i/src/op-defs.c
+++ w/src/op-defs.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct field_operation_definition field_operations[] =
   {"mode",    OP_MODE,    MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"antimode",OP_ANTIMODE,MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"unique",  OP_UNIQUE,  MODE_GROUPBY},
+  {"uniq",    OP_UNIQUE,  MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"collapse",OP_COLLAPSE,MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"countunique", OP_COUNT_UNIQUE, MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"base64",  OP_BASE64,  MODE_PER_LINE},
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ struct field_operation_definition field_operations[] =
   {"trimmean",OP_TRIMMED_MEAN,   MODE_GROUPBY},
   {"getnum",  OP_GETNUM,   MODE_PER_LINE},
   {"cut",     OP_CUT,     MODE_PER_LINE},
+  {"echo",    OP_CUT,     MODE_PER_LINE},
   {NULL,      OP_INVALID, MODE_INVALID}
 };
 
diff --git i/tests/datamash-tests-2.pl w/tests/datamash-tests-2.pl
index 4356fa3..d743244 100755
--- i/tests/datamash-tests-2.pl
+++ w/tests/datamash-tests-2.pl
@@ -653,6 +653,15 @@ my @Tests =
   ['cut1','-t, cut 3,1,2', {IN_PIPE=>$in1_cut}, {OUT=>"c,a,b\n6,1,X\n"}],
   ['cut2','-t, -H cut c,a', {IN_PIPE=>$in1_cut}, {OUT=>"cut(c),cut(a)\n6,1\n"}],
 
+  # Aliases (more-or-less: copy-paste above tests and s/orig/alias/ the command names.)
+  ['alias1','-t, echo 3,1,2', {IN_PIPE=>$in1_cut}, {OUT=>"c,a,b\n6,1,X\n"}],
+  ['alias2','-t, -H echo c,a', {IN_PIPE=>$in1_cut}, {OUT=>"cut(c),cut(a)\n6,1\n"}],
+  ['alias3', '-t: --narm uniq 2', {IN_PIPE=>$na_mid1},
+    {OUT=>"2,8\n"}],
+  ['alias4', '-t: uniq 2', {IN_PIPE=>$na_mid1},
+    {OUT=>"2,8,NA\n"}],
+  ['alias5', '--narm uniq 1',  {IN_PIPE=>$na_all}, {OUT=>"\n"}],
+
 );