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NAME
cut, paste - rearrange columns of data
SYNOPSIS
cut -clist [ file ... ]
cut -flist [ -dchar ] [ file ... ]
paste [ -s ] [ -dchars ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Cut selects fields from each line of the files (standard
input default). In data base parlance, it projects a rela-
tion. The fields can be fixed length, as on a punched card
(option -c), or be marked with a delimiter character (option
-f).
The meanings of the options follow. A list is an increasing
sequence of integers separated by commas, or by - to indi-
cate a range, for example `1,3-5,7.'
-clist The list specifies character positions.
-flist The list specifies field numbers.
-dchar The character is the delimiter for option -f.
Default is tab.
-s Suppress lines with no delimiter characters.
Normally such lines pass through untouched under
option -f.
Paste concatenates corresponding lines of the input files
and places the result on the standard output. The file name
`-' refers to the standard input. Lines are glued together
with characters taken circularly from the set chars. The set
may contain the special escape sequences \n (newline), \t
(tab), \\ (backslash), and \0 (empty string, not a null
character). The options are
-dchars
The output separator characters. Default is a tab.
-s Paste together lines of one file, treating every line
as if it came from a distinct input.
EXAMPLES
cut -d: -f1,3 /etc/passwd
Print map from login names to userids, see passwd(5).
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NAME=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
Set `NAME' to current login name (subtly different from
getuid(1)).
ls | paste - - - -
ls | paste -s '-d\t\n' -
4-column and 2-column file listing
SEE ALSO
gre(1), awk(1), sed(1), pr(1), column(1)
BUGS
Cut should handle disordered lists under option -f.
In default of file names, paste should read the the standard
input.