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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 de-
	    limiter 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  input
	    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
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     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 9.9		  November 2025 			  CUT(1)

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