tldr/pages/common/cut.md
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# cut
> Cut out fields from STDIN or files.
- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of STDIN:
`cut -c {{1-16}}`
- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of the given files:
`cut -c {{1-16}} {{file}}`
- Cut out everything from the 3rd character to the end of each line:
`cut -c{{3-}}`
- Cut out the fifth field of each line, using a colon as a field delimiter (default delimiter is tab):
`cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5}}`
- Cut out the 2nd and 10th fields of each line, using a semicolon as a delimiter:
`cut -d'{{;}}' -f{{2,10}}`
- Cut out the fields 3 through 7 of each line, using a space as a delimiter:
`cut -d'{{ }}' -f{{3-7}}`