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cut

`cut` command line can extract specified columns from text files, or cut specified parts of files and output the results to standard output.

File path

Only display data from the beginning of the line to the specified byte (-b)

Only display data from the beginning of the line to the specified character (-c)

For example: the 3rd character: '3'; the first 10 characters: '1-10'

Replace TAB key with specified delimiter (-d)

Only display specified columns, separate multiple columns with commas (-f)

Do not buffer output (-n)

Replace space key with specified delimiter (-s)

Complement, only display columns not specified (--complement)

Display help information (--help)

Display version information (--version)

Examples

Display the first 10 characters of a file: cut -c 1-10 file.txt
Display the third character of a file: cut -c 3 file.txt
Use comma as delimiter, display the second and fourth columns of a file: cut -d ',' -f 2,4 file.txt
Display all columns except the first and third columns of a file: cut -f 1,3 --complement file.txt