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11 Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
13 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
15 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fILIST\fR
16 output only these bytes
18 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-characters\fR=\fILIST\fR
19 output only these characters
21 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR=\fIDELIM\fR
22 use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
24 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fields\fR=\fILIST\fR
25 output only these fields; also print any line
26 that contains no delimiter character, unless
27 the \fB\-s\fR option is specified
30 with \fB\-b\fR: don't split multibyte characters
32 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-only\-delimited\fR
33 do not print lines not containing delimiters
35 \fB\-\-output\-delimiter\fR=\fISTRING\fR
36 use STRING as the output delimiter
37 the default is to use the input delimiter
40 display this help and exit
43 output version information and exit
45 Use one, and only one of \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-c\fR or \fB\-f\fR. Each LIST is made up of one
46 range, or many ranges separated by commas. Each range is one of:
49 N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1
52 from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line
55 from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field
58 from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field
60 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
62 Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
64 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
66 Copyright \(co 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
68 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
69 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
71 The full documentation for
73 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
77 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
81 should give you access to the complete manual.