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.TH CUT 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
cut \- Extract sections from each line of files.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcut\fR OPTION... [FILE]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Extract sections from each line of files.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR \fI<LIST>\fR
extract bytes listed in LIST
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-characters\fR \fI<LIST>\fR
extract characters listed in LIST
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR \fI<DELIM>\fR
use DELIM as field separator (default: Tab)
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-whitespace\-delimited\fR[=\fI<trimmed>\fR]
use any whitespace (Space/Tab) as delimiter; ignore leading and trailing blanks with \*(Aqtrimmed\*(Aq

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.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fields\fR \fI<LIST>\fR
extract fields listed in LIST
.TP
\fB\-F\fR \fI<LIST>\fR
like \-f, but merge adjacent delimiters; the delimiter defaults to whitespace and the output delimiter to a space
.TP
\fB\-\-complement\fR
invert selection: print all columns except the specified ones
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-only\-delimited\fR
suppress lines that do not contain the delimiter
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR
use NULL (\e0) instead of newline as line terminator
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-output\-delimiter\fR \fI<NEW_DELIM>\fR
replace input delimiter with NEW_DELIM in output
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-partial\fR
with \-b, do not output partial multi\-byte characters
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH EXTRA
If no FILE is specified, reads from stdin. Use \*(Aq\-\*(Aq as a FILE argument to include stdin.

LIST is a comma\-separated list of numbers or ranges:

  N           only column N
  N\-          columns N through the end of the line
  N\-M         columns N through M
  \-M          columns 1 through M

Examples:

  cut \-f 2,5\-7 file.txt             extract fields 2, 5, 6, and 7
  cut \-f 3\- file.txt                extract field 3 to the end of the line
  cut \-\-complement \-f 4\-6 file.txt  extract all fields except 4, 5, and 6
  cut \-d\*(Aq,\*(Aq \-f1 file.csv            extract first field from a CSV
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0