man/cat1/cut.1.txt

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
              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 com-
       mas. 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.
 
AUTHOR
       Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyer-
       ing.
 
REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
 
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for cut is maintained as a Tex-
       info 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.
 
 
 
cut 5.3.0 December 2004 CUT(1)