1CUT(1)                           User Commands                          CUT(1)
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NAME

6       cut - remove sections from each line of files
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SYNOPSIS

9       cut OPTION... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
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14       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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19       -b, --bytes=LIST
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25       -d, --delimiter=DELIM
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32       -n     with -b: don't split multibyte characters
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34       --complement
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37       -s, --only-delimited
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40       --output-delimiter=STRING
41              use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the in‐
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47       --help display this help and exit
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49       --version
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52       Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f.  Each LIST is  made  up  of  one
53       range,  or  many ranges separated by commas.  Selected input is written
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57       N      N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1
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59       N-     from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line
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61       N-M    from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field
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63       -M     from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field
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AUTHOR

66       Written by David M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

69       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
70       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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73       Copyright  ©  2022  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
74       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
75       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
76       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

79       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cut>
80       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cut invocation'
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84GNU coreutils 9.1                January 2023                           CUT(1)
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