NAME
cut - remove sections from each line of files
SYNOPSIS
cut
{-b byte-list, --bytes=byte-list} [-n] [--help] [--version] [file...]
cut
{-c character-list, --characters=character-list}
[--help] [--version] [file...]
cut
{-f field-list, --fields=field-list} [-d delim] [-s]
[--delimiter=delim] [--only-delimited] [--help] [--version] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
cut.
cut
prints sections of each line of each input file, or the standard
input if no files are given. A file name of `-' means standard input.
Which sections are printed is selected by the options.
OPTIONS
The
byte-list,
character-list,
and
field-list
are one or more numbers or ranges (two numbers separated by a dash)
separated by commas. The first byte, character, and field are
numbered 1. Incomplete ranges may be given: `-m' means
`1-m'; `n-' means `n' through end of line or last field.
-
-b, --bytes byte-list
-
Print only the bytes in positions listed in
byte-list.
Tabs and backspaces are treated like any other character; they take up
1 byte.
-
-c, --characters character-list
-
Print only characters in positions listed in
character-list.
The same as -b for now, but internationalization will change that.
Tabs and backspaces are treated like any other character; they take up
1 character.
-
-f, --fields field-list
-
Print only the fields listed in
field-list.
Fields are separated by a TAB by default.
-
-d, --delimiter delim
-
For -f, fields are separated by the first character in
delim
instead of by TAB.
-
-n
-
Do not split multibyte characters (no-op for now).
-
-s, --only-delimited
-
For -f, do not print lines that do not contain the field separator
character.
-
--help
-
Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.
-
--version
-
Print version information on standard output then exit.