cut
: vertical slice
The
cut
command prints selected parts of input lines.
can select fields (assumes tab-separated columnated input)
can select a range of character positions
Some options:
-f
listOfCols
print only the specified fields (tab-separated) on output
-c
listOfPos
print only chars in the specified positions
-d'
c
'
use character
c
as the field separator
Lists are specified as ranges (e.g.
1-5
) or comma-separated (e.g.
2,4,5
).