Section (1) cut
Name
cut — remove sections from each line of files
Synopsis
cut
OPTION
... [FILE
...]
DESCRIPTION
Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.
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
-
(ignored)
−−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
−z
,−−zero−terminated
-
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
−−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_zsingle_quotesz_th byte, character or field, counted from 1
- N−
-
from N_zsingle_quotesz_th byte, character or field, to end of line
- N−M
-
from N_zsingle_quotesz_th to M_zsingle_quotesz_th (included) byte, character or field
−M
-
from first to M_zsingle_quotesz_th (included) byte, character or field
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cut>
or available locally via: info _zsingle_quotesz_(coreutils) cut invocation_zsingle_quotesz_
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