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.

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

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.