cut(1)

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.