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 of each line, using a colon as a field delimiter (default delimiter is tab):
cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5}}
- Cut out the 2nd and 10th fields of each line, using a semicolon as a delimiter:
cut -d'{{;}}' -f{{2,10}}
- Cut out the fields 3 through 7 of each line, using a space as a delimiter:
cut -d'{{ }}' -f{{3-7}}