cut command tutorial

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cut OPTION... [FILE]...
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$ cat state.txt
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh

-b

extract single character

one character

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$ cut -b 1,2,3 state.txt
And
Aru
Ass
Bih
Chh

consecutive string

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$ cut -b 1-3,5-7 state.txt
Andra
Aruach
Assm
Bihr
Chhtti

-c

cut by column

cut by one column

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$ cut -c 2,5,7 state.txt
nr
rah
sm
ir
hti

by consecutive column

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$ cut -c 1-7 state.txt
Andhra
Arunach
Assam
Bihar
Chhatti

-d

cut by delimiter

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$ cut -d " " -f 1 state.txt
Andhra
Arunachal
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
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$ cut -d " " -f 1,2 state.txt --output-delimiter='%'
Andhra%Pradesh
Arunachal%Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
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#bash #linux
cut command tutorial
https://rug.al/2019/2019-05-05-cut-command-tutorial/
Author
Rugal Bernstein
Posted on
May 5, 2019
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