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 | with -b: dont split multibyte characters |
--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 commas. Selected input is written in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once. Each range is one of: | |
N | Nth byte, character or field, counted from 1 |
N- | from Nth byte, character or field, to end of line |
N-M | from Nth to Mth (included) byte, character or field |
-M | from first to Mth (included) byte, character or field |
AUTHOR
Written by David M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report cut bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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 invocation' | |