cut

Cut out fields from stdin or files.

• Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of stdin:

cut -c {1-16}

• Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of the given files:

cut -c {1-16} {file}

• Cut out everything from the 3rd character to the end of each line:

cut -c {3-}

• Cut out the fifth field of each line, using a colon as a field delimiter (default delimiter is tab):

cut -d'{:}' -f{5}

• Cut out the 2nd and 10th fields of each line, using a semicolon as a delimiter:

cut -d'{;}' -f{2,10}

• Cut out the fields 3 through to the end of each line, using a space as a delimiter:

cut -d'{ }' -f{3-}

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