cmdxray / commands / cut

What does cut do?

extract selected columns from each line.

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cut examples, explained

$ cut -d, -f1 data.csv

  • cutextract selected columns from each line
  • -d,use the given delimiter between fields
  • -f1select these fields
  • data.csvan argument passed to the command

$ cut -c1-10 file.txt

  • cutextract selected columns from each line
  • -c1-10select these character positions
  • file.txtan argument passed to the command

cut flags & options

-duse the given delimiter between fields
-fselect these fields
-cselect these character positions

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