CUT(1)				  User Commands				  CUT(1)

NAME
     cut - remove sections from each line of files

SYNOPSIS
     cut OPTION... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
     Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.

     With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

     -b, --bytes=LIST
	    select only these byte positions

     -c, --characters=LIST
	    select only these character positions

     --complement
	    complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields

     -d, --delimiter=DELIM
	    use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter

     -f, --fields=LIST
	    select  only these fields;	also print any line that contains no de-
	    limiter character, unless the -s option is specified

     -F LIST
	    like -f, but also implies -w and -O ' '

     -n, --no-partial
	    with -b, don't output partial multi-byte characters

     -O, --output-delimiter=STRING
	    use STRING as the output delimiter; the default is to use the  input
	    delimiter

     -s, --only-delimited
	    do not print lines not containing delimiters

     -w, --whitespace-delimited[=trimmed]
	    use	 a  run	 of  blank  characters	as  the	 field	delimiter;  with
	    'trimmed', ignore leading and trailing blanks

     -z, --zero-terminated
	    line delimiter is NUL, not newline

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

     Use one, and only one of -b, -c, -f or -F.	 Each LIST is  made  up	 of  one
     range,  or	 many  ranges separated by commas.  Selected input is written in
     the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once.  Each range is
     one of:

     N	    N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1

     N-	    from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line

     N-M    from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field

     -M	    from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field

AUTHOR
     Written by David M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cut>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cut invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.11		   April 2026				  CUT(1)