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CUT(1)				 User Commands				CUT(1)

NAME
       cut - remove sections from each line of files

SYNOPSIS
       cut OPTION... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard	output.

       With no FILE, or	when FILE is -,	read standard input.

       Mandatory  arguments  to	 long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -b, --bytes=LIST
	      select only these	bytes

       -c, --characters=LIST
	      select only these	characters

       -d, --delimiter=DELIM
	      use DELIM	instead	of TAB for field delimiter

       -f, --fields=LIST
	      select only these	fields;	 also print any	line that contains  no
	      delimiter	character, unless the -s option	is specified

       -n     (ignored)

       --complement
	      complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields

       -s, --only-delimited
	      do not print lines not containing	delimiters

       --output-delimiter=STRING
	      use STRING as the	output delimiter the default is	to use the in-
	      put delimiter

       -z, --zero-terminated
	      line delimiter is	NUL, not newline

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       Use  one,  and  only  one of -b,	-c or -f.  Each	LIST is	made up	of one
       range, or many ranges separated by commas.  Selected input  is  written
       in  the	same order that	it is read, and	is written exactly once.  Each
       range is	one of:

       N      N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1

       N-     from N'th	byte, character	or field, to end of line

       N-M    from N'th	to M'th	(included) byte, character or field

       -M     from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field

AUTHOR
       Written by David	M. Ihnat, David	MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free	to change and redistribute it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cut>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cut invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025				CUT(1)

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