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
    output only these bytes

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

    -d, --delimiter=DELIM
    use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter

    -f, --fields=LIST
    output only these fields;  also print any line that contains no
    delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified

    -n   with -b: don't split multibyte characters

    -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. 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   from first to M'th (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 <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

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.