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$ whatis cut

cut cut (1) - remove sections from each line of files

cut cut (1) - cut out selected fields of each line of a file

Examples:

1. echo 'This is a test.' | cut -c1-7
2. echo "This is a test" | cut -c1-15
3. ls -li *.html | cut -c1-
4. ls -li *.html
5. ls -li *.html | cut -c1- | cut -d'.' -f2

Please click on " man cut " to see the Manual Page for this command.