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.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Arguments

• file: File(s) to cut

Options

• -b --bytes=list: Select only these bytes
• -f --fields=list: select only these fields; also print any line that contains no delimiter character
• -d --delimiter=delim: use delim instead of tab for field delimiter
• -s, only-delimited: suppress lines which don't contain any field delimiter characters

Examples

$ cat example.txt
245:789 4567    M:4540  Admin   01:10:1980
535:763 4987    M:3476  Sales   11:04:1978

# Display first and third fields from file example.txt
$ cut example.txt -f 1,3
245:789    M:4540
535:763    M:3476

# Display first and third fields using `:` as a delimiter
$ cut example.txt -d ':' -f 1,3
245:4540    Admin    01
535:3476    Sales    11

# Display bytes at given position
$ echo "minerva is cool" | cut -b 5
n

See Also

• head(1)
• cat(1)