.TH CUT 1

.SH NAME

cut \- select out columns of a file

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBcut [ \fB \-b \fR|\fB \-c\fR] \fIlist\fR [\fIfile...\fR]\fR

.br

\fBcut \-f \fIlist\fR [\fB\-d \fIdelim\fR] [\fB \-s\fR]\fR [\fIfile...\fR]"

.br

.de FL

.TP

\\fB\\$1\\fR

\\$2

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.de EX

.TP 20

\\fB\\$1\\fR

# \\$2

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.SH OPTIONS

.FL "\-b" "Cut specified bytes"

.FL "\-c" "Select out specific characters"

.FL "\-d" "Change the column delimiter to \fIdelim\fR"

.FL "\-f" "Select out specific fields that are separated by the delimiter character ( see \fIdelim\fR)"

.FL "\-i" "Runs of delimiters count as one"

.FL "\-s" "Suppres lines with no delimiter characters, when used with the \-f option. Lines with no delimiters are passwd through untouched"

.SH EXAMPLES

.EX "cut \-f 2 file" "Extract field 2"

.EX "cut \-c 1\-2,5 file" "Extract character columns 1, 2, and 5"

.EX "cut \-c 1\-5,7\- file" "Extract all columns except 6"

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

\fICut\fR extracts one or more fields or columns from a file and writes them on

standard output.

If the \fB\-f\fR flag is used, the fields are separated by a delimiter

character, normally a tab, but can be changed using the \fB\-d\fR flag.

If the \fB\-c\fR flag is used, specific columns can be specified.

The list can be comma or BLANK separated. The \fB\-f\fR and

\fB\-c\fR flags are mutually exclusive.

Note: The POSIX1003.2 standard requires the option \-b to cut out

specific bytes in a file. It is intended for systems with multi byte

characters (e.g. kanji), since MINIX uses only one byte characters,

this option is equivalent to \-c. For the same reason, the option

\-n has no effect and is not listed in this manual page.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR sed (1),

.BR awk (1x).