CUT(1) 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
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 (ignored)
-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(3,n,1 builtins)
--version
output version(1,3,5) information and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
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(2,n,1 builtins) 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(1,5,n) and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info(1,5,n) coreutils cut
should give you access(2,5) to the complete manual.
cut (coreutils) 5.2.1 March 2004 CUT(1)