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, split on the colon character of each line:

cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5}}

  • Cut out the fields five and 10, split on the colon character of each line:

cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5,10}}

  • Cut out the fields five through 10, split on the colon character of each line:

cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5-10}}