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NAME

cut - remove sections from each line of files

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SYNOPSIS

cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

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
  output only these bytes
-c, --characters=LIST
  output only these characters
-d, --delimiter=DELIM
  use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
-f, --fields=LIST
  output 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
-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. 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.

AUTHOR

Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for cut is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils cut
should give you access to the complete manual.
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