
\S cut \S:  Examples

       cut -f3 datafile

    Prints the third field of each line in the file "datafile" in the current
    working directory. Tab is the default field separator.

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       who | cut -c 1-8

    who(1) identifies the users who are logged on to the system, their tty
    numbers, and the time that they logged in. \S cut \S prints only the first
    through the eighth characters, which is the user login names.



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       cut -f2,4 -d":" /etc/passwd

    Prints the second and fourth field from the file "/etc/passwd." Colon is 
    the field separator used in the file "/etc/passwd."
