cut

allmacos

Cut out fields from `stdin` or files.

Options (5)

-c, --charactersboolean

Print the fifth character on each line

Example: {{command}} | cut {{[-c|--characters]}} 5

-f, --fieldsboolean

Split each line in a file by a delimiter into fields and print fields two and six (default delimiter is `TAB`)

Example: cut {{[-f|--fields]}} 2,6 {{path/to/file}}

-d, --delimiterboolean

Split each line by the specified delimiter and print all from the second field onward

Example: {{command}} | cut {{[-d|--delimiter]}} "{{delimiter}}" {{[-f|--fields]}} 2-

-s, --only-delimitedboolean

Only print lines that contain the delimiter

Example: {{command}} | cut {{[-d|--delimiter]}} "{{:}}" {{[-f|--fields]}} {{1}} {{[-s|--only-delimited]}}

-z, --zero-terminatedboolean

Print specific fields of lines that use `NUL` to terminate lines instead of newlines

Example: {{find . -print0}} | cut {{[-z|--zero-terminated]}} {{[-d|--delimiter]}} "{{/}}" {{[-f|--fields]}} {{2}}

Print the fifth character on each line

command | cut [-c|--characters] 5

Print the fifth to tenth character of each line of the specified file

cut [-c|--characters] 5-10 path/to/file

Split each line in a file by a delimiter into fields and print fields two and six (default delimiter is `TAB`)

cut [-f|--fields] 2,6 path/to/file

Split each line by the specified delimiter and print all from the second field onward

command | cut [-d|--delimiter] "delimiter" [-f|--fields] 2-

Use space as a delimiter and print only the first 3 fields

command | cut [-d|--delimiter] " " [-f|--fields] -3

Only print lines that contain the delimiter

command | cut [-d|--delimiter] ":" [-f|--fields] 1 [-s|--only-delimited]

Print specific fields of lines that use `NUL` to terminate lines instead of newlines

find . -print0 | cut [-z|--zero-terminated] [-d|--delimiter] "/" [-f|--fields] 2