/usr/bin/cut

Extract sections from each line of files.

Usage: cut OPTION... [FILE]...

Options:
  -b, --bytes <LIST>
          extract bytes listed in LIST
  -c, --characters <LIST>
          extract characters listed in LIST
  -d, --delimiter <DELIM>
          use DELIM as field separator (default: Tab)
  -w, --whitespace-delimited[=<trimmed>]
          use any whitespace (Space/Tab) as delimiter; ignore leading and trailing blanks with
          'trimmed' [possible values: trimmed]
  -f, --fields <LIST>
          extract fields listed in LIST
  -F <LIST>
          like -f, but merge adjacent delimiters; the delimiter defaults to whitespace and the
          output delimiter to a space
      --complement
          invert selection: print all columns except the specified ones
  -s, --only-delimited
          suppress lines that do not contain the delimiter
  -z, --zero-terminated
          use NULL (\0) instead of newline as line terminator
  -O, --output-delimiter <NEW_DELIM>
          replace input delimiter with NEW_DELIM in output
  -n, --no-partial
          with -b, do not output partial multi-byte characters
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version

If no FILE is specified, reads from stdin. Use '-' as a FILE argument to include stdin.

LIST is a comma-separated list of numbers or ranges:

  N           only column N
  N-          columns N through the end of the line
  N-M         columns N through M
  -M          columns 1 through M

Examples:

  cut -f 2,5-7 file.txt             extract fields 2, 5, 6, and 7
  cut -f 3- file.txt                extract field 3 to the end of the line
  cut --complement -f 4-6 file.txt  extract all fields except 4, 5, and 6
  cut -d',' -f1 file.csv            extract first field from a CSV