cut Command Examples

Cut out fields from stdin or files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cut-invocation.html.

• Print a specific [c]haracter/[f]ield range of each line:

{{command}} | cut --{{characters|fields}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}}

• Print a field range of each line with a specific delimiter:

{{command}} | cut {{[-d|--delimiter]}} "{{delimiter}}" {{[-f|--fields]}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}}

• Print a character range of each line of the specific file:

cut {{[-c|--characters]}} {{1}} {{path/to/file}}

• Print specific fields of NUL terminated lines (e.g. as in find . -print0) instead of newlines:

{{command}} | cut {{[-z|--zero-terminated]}} {{[-f|--fields]}} {{1}}