NAME

cut - dissects files by field

SYNOPSIS

cut [ d=C ] [ od=C ] [ c=range ] [ f=range ] [ -nod ] [ -s ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

Cut isolates specified columns or fields of a file, or standard input if no file is specified, and reorders them to standard output.

Cut assumes that the input file is divided into columns of characters or fields separated by tabs. You can, however, specify other single character delimiters with the d=C option.

Cut writes its result to standard output with either the default tab or the specified delimiter character, specified with the od=C option.

OPTIONS

d=C

C (a single character) specifies input delimiter (default character is TAB, \t).

od=C

C (a single character) specifies output delimiter (default character is TAB, \t).

c=range

Specifies the character position to extract. Character positions can be specified individually, by ranges or both, e.g., c=1,2 or c=1-3,5,7-9. Character positions are numbered beginning with 1.

f=range

Specifies field number to extract. Fields can be specified individually or in ranges as with c=range. Fields are numbered beginning with 1.

-nod

Suppress output delimiter when cutting by fields. Cutting by columns never has an output delimiter.

-s

Suppresses lines without the delimiter. This option is mutually exclusive to character specification.

BUGS

None currently known.

Mail bugs and suggestions to schilytools@mlists.in-berlin.de or open a ticket at https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/issues

The mailing list archive may be found at:

https://mlists.in-berlin.de/mailman/listinfo/schilytools-mlists.in-berlin.de

AUTHORS

Joerg Schilling and the schilytools project authors.

SOURCE DOWNLOAD

The source code for cut is included in the schilytools project and may be retrieved from the schilytools project at Codeberg at:

https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/

The download directory is:

https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/releases