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CUT(1)			    Schily's USER COMMANDS			CUT(1)

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	 char-
	      acter is TAB, \t).

       od=C   C	(a single character) specifies output delimiter	(default char-
	      acter 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 indi-
	      vidually	or in ranges as	with c=range.  Fields are numbered be-
	      ginning 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

Joerg Schilling			  2022/07/17				CUT(1)

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