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cut
The cut command is used to display “sections” of data. Important options include the following:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -b | Used to define a section to print by bytes. |
| -c | Used to define a section to print by characters. |
| -d | Used to specify a delimiter character (used with the -f option). |
| -f | Used to specify which fields to display. |
Example using fields:
[student@localhost ~]$ head -2 /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin [student@localhost ~]$ head -2 /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1,7 root:/bin/bash bin:/sbin/nologin
Example using characters:
[student@localhost ~]$ ls -l /etc/passwd -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2607 Nov 3 10:15 /etc/passwd [student@localhost ~]$ ls -l /etc/passwd | cut -c1-10,42- -rw-r--r-- /etc/passwd