fetch string of characters by their byte count
$ echo "hello world" | -b 1,2,4,6,8
extract the strings from the specified file
cut -b 1,2,3,4 number.txt
extract the characters as per their positions
$echo "hello world" | cut -c 1,2,4,6,7
cut and print multiple range of byte in the given file
$ cut -b 1-3 numbers.txt
cut and print multiple range of byte in the given file
$ cut -b 1-3 numbers.txt
fetch number of characters in the given file
$ cut -c 4-7 numbers.txt
fetches the characters from the given 3rd line
$ cut -c3 numbers.txt
fetches particular lines in the given file
$ cut -f 1,2 yesh.txt
fetches particular lines in the given file
$ cut -f 1,2 yesh.txt
generates ana output with the space dilimeter
$ echo "hello word" | cut -d ""-f 1 -s
the delimeter value of the given string
$ echo " the one of world " | cut -d " " -f 3,4
fetch the stings from the file
$ cut -c 3,4,5,6. numbers.txt