cut
(1g)
Name
cut - remove sections from each line of files
Synopsis
cut OPTION... [FILE]...
Description
User Commands CUT(1)
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.
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
--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
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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 M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyer-
ing.
REPORTING BUGS
Report cut bugs to [email protected]
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
utils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
elp/>
Report cut translation bugs to <http://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/coreutils/.
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