cut(1)

     NAME
          cut - remove sections from each line of files

     SYNOPSIS
          cut {-b byte-list, --bytes=byte-list} [-n] [--help]
          [--version] [file...]

          cut {-c character-list, --characters=character-list}
          [--help] [--version] [file...]

          cut {-f field-list, --fields=field-list} [-d delim] [-s]
          [--delimiter=delim] [--only-delimited] [--help] [--version]
          [file...]

     DESCRIPTION
          This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be
          inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now
          the authoritative source.

          This manual page documents the GNU version of cut.  cut
          prints sections of each line of each input file, or the
          standard input if no files are given.  A file name of `-'
          means standard input.  Which sections are printed is
          selected by the options.

        OPTIONS
          The byte-list, character-list, and field-list are one or
          more numbers or ranges (two numbers separated by a dash)
          separated by commas.  The first byte, character, and field
          are numbered 1.  Incomplete ranges may be given: `-m' means
          `1-m'; `n-' means `n' through end of line or last field.

          -b, --bytes byte-list
               Print only the bytes in positions listed in byte-list.
               Tabs and backspaces are treated like any other
               character; they take up 1 byte.

          -c, --characters character-list
               Print only characters in positions listed in
               character-list.  The same as -b for now, but
               internationalization will change that.  Tabs and
               backspaces are treated like any other character; they
               take up 1 character.

          -f, --fields field-list
               Print only the fields listed in field-list.  Fields are
               separated by a TAB by default.

          -d, --delimiter delim
               For -f, fields are separated by the first character in
               delim instead of by TAB.
          -n   Do not split multibyte characters (no-op for now).

          -s, --only-delimited
               For -f, do not print lines that do not contain the
               field separator character.

          --help
               Print a usage message and exit with a status code
               indicating success.

          --version
               Print version information on standard output then exit.