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.