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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.

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

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

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

       -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
	      delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified

       -n     (ignored)

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

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

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       Use one, and only one of -b, -c 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      Nth byte, character or field, counted from 1

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

       N-M    from Nth to Mth (included) byte, character or field

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

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

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

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms	  of	  the	   GNU	    General	  Public       License
       .	 There	is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for cut is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
       the info and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the com
       mand

	      info cut

       should give you access to the complete manual.



cut 5.97			 January 2007				CUT(1)