cut
Official Description
Displays specified parts from each line of a file.
Syntax
cut -b list [file...] cut -c list [file...] cut -f list [-d delim] [-s] [file...]
Options
-b list cuts based on a list of bytes (not available on all UNIX variants).
-c list cuts based on a list of characters.
-d delim uses the specified character as the field delimiter.
-f list specifies a list of fields assumed to be separated in the file by a field delimiter character.
-s suppresses lines that do not contain delimiter characters.
Oddities
If you do not specify a file or you specify a hyphen (-), the cut command reads standard input.
To change the order of columns in a file, use the cut and paste commands.
On Red Hat Linux, ksh93, cut is a shell built-in version ...
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