Cut

Cut #1

Given N lines of input, print the 3rd character from each line as a new line of output. It is guaranteed that each of the lines of input will have a 3rd character.

cut -c 3

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Cut #2

Display the 2nd and 7th character from each line of text.

cut -c 2,7

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Cut #3

Display a range of characters starting at the 2nd position of a string and ending at the 7th position (both positions included).

cut -c 2-7

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Cut #4

Display the first four characters from each line of text.

cut -c -4

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Cut #5

Given a tab delimited file with several columns (tsv format) print the first three fields.

cut -f -3

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Cut #6

Print the characters from thirteenth position to the end.

cut -c 13-

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Cut #7

Given a sentence, identify and display its fourth word. Assume that the space (' ') is the only delimiter between words.

cut -d ' ' -f 4

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Cut #8

Given a sentence, identify and display its first three words. Assume that the space (' ') is the only delimiter between words.

cut -d ' ' -f -3

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Cut #9

Given a tab delimited file with several columns (tsv format) print the fields from second fields to last field.

cut -f 2-