CUT(1)

NAME
cut - Extract sections from each line of files.

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

DESCRIPTION
Extract sections from each line of files.

OPTIONS

-b, --bytes <LIST>
    extract bytes listed in LIST

-c, --characters <LIST>
    extract characters listed in LIST

-d, --delimiter <DELIM>
    use DELIM as field separator (default: Tab)

-w, --whitespace-delimited[=<trimmed>]
    use any whitespace (Space/Tab) as delimiter; ignore leading and trailing blanks with 'trimmed' Possible values:

    •   trimmed

-f, --fields <LIST>
    extract fields listed in LIST

-F <LIST>
    like -f, but merge adjacent delimiters; the delimiter defaults to whitespace and the output delimiter to a space

--complement
    invert selection: print all columns except the specified ones

-s, --only-delimited
    suppress lines that do not contain the delimiter

-z, --zero-terminated
    use NULL (\0) instead of newline as line terminator

-O, --output-delimiter <NEW_DELIM>
    replace input delimiter with NEW_DELIM in output

-n, --no-partial
    with -b, do not output partial multi-byte characters

-h, --help
    Print help

-V, --version
    Print version

EXTRA
If no FILE is specified, reads from stdin. Use '-' as a FILE argument to include stdin. LIST is a comma-separated list of numbers or ranges:
  N only column N
  N- columns N through the end of the line
  N-M columns N through M
  -M columns 1 through M Examples:
  cut -f 2,5-7 file.txt extract fields 2, 5, 6, and 7
  cut -f 3- file.txt extract field 3 to the end of the line
  cut --complement -f 4-6 file.txt extract all fields except 4, 5, and 6
  cut -d',' -f1 file.csv extract first field from a CSV

VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0