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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt CUT 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm cut
	6 .Nd extract columns of data
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Fl b Ar list
	10 .Op Fl n
	11 .Op Ar file ...
	12 .Nm
	13 .Fl c Ar list
	14 .Op Ar file ...
	15 .Nm
	16 .Fl f Ar list
	17 .Op Fl d Ar delim
	18 .Op Fl s
	19 .Op Ar file ...
	20 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	21 .Nm
	22 out bytes, characters or delimited fields from each line of
	23 .Ar file
	24 and write to stdout.
	25 .Pp
	26 If no
	27 .Ar file
	28 is given or
	29 .Ar file
	30 is '-',
	31 .Nm
	32 reads from stdin.
	33 .Pp
	34 .Ar list
	35 is a comma or space separated list of numbers and ranges starting
	36 from 1.
	37 Ranges have the form 'N-M'. If N or M is missing, beginning or end
	38 of line is assumed.
	39 Numbers and ranges may be repeated, overlapping and in any order.
	40 .Pp
	41 Selected input is written in the same order it is read
	42 and is written exactly once.
	43 .Sh OPTIONS
	44 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	45 .It Fl b Ar list \| Fl c Ar list
	46 .Ar list
	47 specifies byte \| character positions.
	48 .It Fl d Ar delim
	49 Use
	50 .Ar delim
	51 as field delimiter, which can be an arbitrary string.
	52 Default is '\et'.
	53 .It Fl f Ar list
	54 .Ar list
	55 specifies field numbers.
	56 Lines not containing field delimiters are passed through, unless
	57 .Fl s
	58 is specified.
	59 .It Fl n
	60 Do not split multibyte characters.
	61 A character is written when its last byte is selected.
	62 .It Fl s
	63 Suppress lines not containing field delimiters.
	64 .El
	65 .Sh STANDARDS
	66 POSIX.1-2013.
	67 .Pp
	68 The possibility of separating numbers and ranges with a space and specif…
	69 multibyte delimiters of arbitrary length is an extension to that specifi…