Text processing
cut
Cuts fields from lines.
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Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$cut [OPTIONEN] [DATEI...]
Examples
$cut -d':' -f1 /etc/passwd
$cut -c1-10 datei.txt
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
cut --help
Note
For field or character-based splitting
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