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# cut
> Cut out fields from stdin or files.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cut-invocation.html>.
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- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of stdin:
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`cut -c {{1-16}}`
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- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of the given files:
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`cut -c {{1-16}} {{file}}`
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- Cut out everything from the 3rd character to the end of each line:
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`cut -c {{3-}}`
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- Cut out the fifth field of each line, using a colon as a field delimiter (default delimiter is tab):
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`cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5}}`
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- Cut out the 2nd and 10th fields of each line, using a semicolon as a delimiter:
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`cut -d'{{;}}' -f{{2,10}}`
- Cut out the fields 3 through to the end of each line, using a space as a delimiter:
`cut -d'{{ }}' -f{{3-}}`