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# cut
> Cut out fields from STDIN or files.
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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, split on the colon character of each line:
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`cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5}}`
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- Cut out the fields five and 10, split on the colon character of each line:
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`cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5,10}}`
- Cut out the fields five through 10, split on the colon character of each line:
`cut -d'{{:}}' -f{{5-10}}`