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CUT
!!!CUT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


cut - remove sections from each line of files
!!SYNOPSIS


__cut__ [[''OPTION'']... [[''FILE'']...
!!DESCRIPTION


Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard
output.


__-b__, __--bytes__=''LIST''


output only these bytes


__-c__, __--characters__=''LIST''


output only these characters


__-d__, __--delimiter__=''DELIM''


use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter


__-f__, __--fields__=''LIST''


output only these fields


__-n__


(ignored)


__-s__, __--only-delimited__


do not print lines not containing delimiters


__--output-delimiter__=''STRING''


use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the
input delimiter


__--help__


display this help and exit


__--version__


output version information and exit


Use one, and only one of __-b__, __-c__ or __-f__.
Each LIST is made up of one range, or many ranges separated
by commas. Each range is one of:


N


N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1


N-


from N'th byte, character or field, to end of
line


N-M


from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or
field


__-M__


from first to M'th (included) byte, character or
field


The order of bytes, characters or fields in the output will
be identical to those in the input. With no FILE, or when
FILE is -, read standard input.
!!AUTHOR


Written by David Ihnat, David !MacKenzie, and Jim
Meyering.
!!REPORTING BUGS


Report bugs to
!!COPYRIGHT


Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
!!SEE ALSO


The full documentation for __cut__ is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __cut__ programs
are properly installed at your site, the
command


__info cut__


should give you access to the complete manual.
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