# cut > Cut out fields from stdin or files. > More information: . - 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 to the end of each line, using a space as a delimiter: `cut -d'{{ }}' -f{{3-}}`