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NAME
     cut - cut out selected fields of each line of a file

SYNOPSIS
     cut -clist [ filename ... ]
     cut -flist [ -dchar ] [ -s ] [ filename ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     Use cut to cut out columns from a table or fields from each
     line of a file; in data base parlance, it implements the
     projection of a relation.  The fields as specified by list
     can be fixed length (for example, character positions as on
     a punched card (-c option)), or the length can vary from
     line to line and be marked with a field delimiter character
     like tab (-f option).  Cut can be used as a filter; if no
     files are given, the standard input is used.

     The output is printed on the standard output.

     Use grep (1) to make horizontal "cuts" (by context) through
     a file, or paste (1) to put files together column-wise (for
     example,  horizontally).  To reorder columns in a table, use
     cut and paste .

OPTIONS
     list
        A comma separated list of field or column numbers that is
        used with the -c and -f options. The list is specified
        like the -o option of nroff/troff for page ranges; for
        example: 1,4,7; 1-3,8; -5,10 (short for 1-5,10); or 3-
        (short for third through last field).

     -clist
        The list following -c (no space) specifies character
        positions (for example, -c1-72 would pass the first 72
        characters of each line).

     -dchar
        The character following -d is the field delimiter (-f
        option only).  Default is tab.  Space or other characters
        with special meaning to the shell must be quoted.

     -flist
        The list following -f is a list of fields assumed to be
        separated in the file by a delimiter character (see -d).
        For example, -f1,7 copies the first and seventh field
        only.  Lines with no field delimiters will be passed
        through intact (useful for table subheadings), unless -s
        is specified.

     -s Suppresses lines with no delimiter characters in case of
        -f option.  Unless specified, lines with no delimiters



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        will be passed through untouched.

     Either the -c or -f option must be specified.

EXAMPLES
          cut -d: -f1,5 /etc/passwd

     This next example maps user IDs to names to set name to
     current loginname:

          name=who am i | cut -f1 -d" "

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_ERR]       An error occurred that was not a system
                    error.  Execution terminated.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

CAVEATS
     Line length is limited to 1023 characters.  An error will be
     produced if a line of greater length is encountered.

SEE ALSO
     awk(1), comm(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), grep(1), join(1),
     look(1), paste(1), sort(1), and uniq(1).























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