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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 <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  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.



GNU textutils 2.0           March 2002                     CUT(T)