tldr/pages/common/cut.md

cut

Cut out fields from stdin or files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cut.

• Print a specific [c]haracter/[f]ield range of each line:

{{command}} | cut --{{characters|fields}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}}

• Print a [f]ield range of each line with a specific [d]elimiter:

{{command}} | cut --delimiter "{{,}}" --fields {{1}}

• Print a [c]haracter range of each line of the specific file:

cut --characters {{1}} {{path/to/file}}

• Print specific [f]ields of NUL terminated lines (e.g. as in find . -print0) instead of newlines:

{{command}} | cut --zero-terminated --fields {{1}}