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Linux Command


Usage

cut OPTION... [FILE]...


Manual

Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.

-b, --bytes=LIST
select only these bytes

-c, --characters=LIST
select only these characters

-d, --delimiter=DELIM
use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter

-f, --fields=LIST
select only these fields; also print any line that contains no
delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified

-n with -b: don’t split multibyte characters

--complement
complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields

-s, --only-delimited
do not print lines not containing delimiters

--output-delimiter=STRING
use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the
input delimiter

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one
range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written
in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once. Each
range is one of:

N N’th byte, character or field, counted from 1

N- from N’th byte, character or field, to end of line

N-M from N’th to M’th (included) byte, character or field

-M from first to M’th (included) byte, character or field

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.


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