CUT(1)                   User Commands                   CUT(1)





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.

       Mandatory arguments to long options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

       -b, --bytes=LIST
              select only these bytes

       -c, --characters=LIST
              select only these characters

       -d, --delimiter=DELIM
              use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter

       -f, --fields=LIST
              select  only  these  fields;  also print any line
              that contains no delimiter character, unless  the
              -s option is specified

       -n     (ignored)

       --complement
              complement  the set of selected bytes, characters
              or fields.

       -s, --only-delimited
              do not print lines not containing delimiters

       --output-delimiter=STRING
              use STRING as the output delimiter the default is
              to use the input delimiter

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       Use  one,  and  only  one of -b, -c or -f.  Each LIST is
       made up of one range, or many ranges separated  by  com-
       mas.   Selected  input is written in the same order that
       it is read, and is written exactly once.  Each range  is
       one of:

       N      N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1

       N-     from  N'th  byte,  character  or field, to end of
              line

       N-M    from N'th to M'th (included) byte,  character  or
              field

       -M     from  first to M'th (included) byte, character or
              field

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

AUTHOR
       Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim  Meyer-
       ing.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for cut is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and cut programs are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info cut

       should give you access to the complete manual.



cut 5.3.0                December 2004                   CUT(1)
