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RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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cut(1) |
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cut − remove sections from each line of files
cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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.
Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2002 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.
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 cut
should give you access to the complete manual.
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