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cut — Cut out fields from `stdin` or files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cut

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Problem

How to use the cut command: Cut out fields from stdin or files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cut.1.html>.

Solution

cut — Cut out fields from stdin or files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cut.1.html>.

Print the fifth [c]haracter on each line:
{{command}} | cut -c 5


Print the fifth to tenth [c]haracter of each line of the specified file:
cut -c 5-10 {{path/to/file}}


Split each line in a file by a delimiter into fields and print [f]ields two and six (default delimiter is TAB):
cut -f 2,6 {{path/to/file}}


Split each line by the specified [d]elimiter and print all from the second [f]ield onward:
{{command}} | cut -d "{{delimiter}}" -f 2-


Use space as a [d]elimiter and print only the first 3 [f]ields:
{{command}} | cut -d " " -f -3

Code Snippets

Print the fifth [c]haracter on each line

{{command}} | cut -c 5

Print the fifth to tenth [c]haracter of each line of the specified file

cut -c 5-10 {{path/to/file}}

Split each line in a file by a delimiter into fields and print [f]ields two and six (default delimiter is `TAB`)

cut -f 2,6 {{path/to/file}}

Split each line by the specified [d]elimiter and print all from the second [f]ield onward

{{command}} | cut -d "{{delimiter}}" -f 2-

Use space as a [d]elimiter and print only the first 3 [f]ields

{{command}} | cut -d " " -f -3

Context

tldr-pages: osx/cut

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