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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.

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

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

### -b --bytes
              select only these bytes

### -c --characters
              select only these characters

### -d --delimiter
              use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter

### -f --fields
              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

### -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** 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

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

## REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>>
       Report any translation bugs to <<https://translationproject.org/team/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2020 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'



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