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

--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.

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 and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils cut

should give you access to the complete manual.