cut -b 1,2,3 readme.txt
| Extract specific bytes: 1, 2, and 3 from each line of the file. |
cut -b 1-3,5-7 readme.txt
| Extract specific bytes with ranges: 1-3 and 5-7 from each line of the file. |
cut -b 1- readme.txt
| Extract bytes from the beginning to the end of each line. |
cut -b -3 readme.txt
| Extract bytes from the beginning up to the 3rd byte of each line. |
cut -c 1-7 readme.txt
| Extract the first seven characters from each line of the file. |
cut -c 2,5,7 readme.txt
| Extract specific characters: 2, 5, and 7 from each line of the file. |
cut -c 1- readme.txt
| Extract characters from the beginning to the end of each line. |
cut -c -5 readme.txt
| Extract characters from the beginning up to the 5th character of each line. |
cut -c 5-10 text.txt
| Extract characters 5 to 10 from each line of the file named text.txt. |
cut -c 1-5,10-15 data.txt
| Extract characters 1 to 5 and 10 to 15 from each line of the file data.txt. |
cut -c 3
| To print the 3rd character from each line as a new line of output |
cut -c 2,7
| Display the 2nd and 7th character from each line of text. |
cut -c 2-7
| Display a range of characters starting at the 2nd position of a string and ending at the 7th position (both positions included) |
cut -c -4
| Display the first four characters from each line of text. |
cut -c 13-
| Print the characters from thirteenth position to the end. |
cut --complement -d " " -f 1 readme.txt
| Extract all fields except the first field using space as the field separator. |
cut --complement -c 5 readme.txt
| Extract all characters except the 5th character from each line of the file. |
cut -d " " -f 1 readme.txt
| Extract the first field from each line using space as the field separator. |
cut -d " " -f 1-4 readme.txt
| Extract fields 1 to 4 from each line using space as the field separator. |
cut -d " " -f 1,2 readme.txt --output-delimiter='%'
| Extract fields 1 and 2 from each line using space as the field separator, with '%' as output delimiter. |
cat readme.txt \| cut -d ' ' -f 1 \| sort -r
| Extract the first field from each line and sort the output in reverse order. |
cat readme.txt \| head -n 3 \| cut -d ' ' -f 1 > list.txt
| Extract the first field from the first 3 lines and redirect the output to list.txt. |
cut -d',' -f1,3 data.csv
| Extract the first and third columns from a CSV file named data.csv. |
cut -d':' -f1,3 data.txt
| Extract the first and third fields from the file data.txt using colon as the delimiter. |
cut -d',' -f1,3 data.csv > output.txt
| Extract the first and third fields from the file data.csv and store the output in output.txt. |
cut -d ' ' -f 4
| Given a sentence, identify and display its fourth word. Assume that the space (' ') is the only delimiter between words. |
cut -d ' ' -f -3
| Given a sentence, identify and display its first three words. Assume that the space (' ') is the only delimiter between words. |
cut -f 1 readme.txt
| Extract the first field from each line of the file using the default tab delimiter. |
cut -f -3
| Given a tab delimited file with several columns (tsv format) print the first three fields. |
cut -f 2-
| Given a tab delimited file with several columns (tsv format) print the fields from second fields to last field. |
cut --version
| Display the version of the cut command. |