---
name: "uu-cut"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-cut"
---

# uu-cut(1)

Extract sections from each line of files.

## NAME

cut - Extract sections from each line of files.

## SYNOPSIS

**cut** OPTION... \[FILE\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Extract sections from each line of files.

## OPTIONS

- **-b**, **--bytes** *\<LIST\>*

  extract bytes listed in LIST

- **-c**, **--characters** *\<LIST\>*

  extract characters listed in LIST

- **-d**, **--delimiter** *\<DELIM\>*

  use DELIM as field separator (default: Tab)

- **-w**, **--whitespace-delimited**\[=*\<trimmed\>*\]

  use any whitespace (Space/Tab) as delimiter; ignore leading and trailing blanks with 'trimmed'

  *Possible values:*

  - •

    trimmed

- **-f**, **--fields** *\<LIST\>*

  extract fields listed in LIST

- **-F** *\<LIST\>*

  like -f, but merge adjacent delimiters; the delimiter defaults to whitespace and the output delimiter to a space

- **--complement**

  invert selection: print all columns except the specified ones

- **-s**, **--only-delimited**

  suppress lines that do not contain the delimiter

- **-z**, **--zero-terminated**

  use NULL (\\0) instead of newline as line terminator

- **-O**, **--output-delimiter** *\<NEW\_DELIM\>*

  replace input delimiter with NEW\_DELIM in output

- **-n**, **--no-partial**

  with -b, do not output partial multi-byte characters

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

## EXTRA

If no FILE is specified, reads from stdin. Use '-' as a FILE argument to include stdin.

LIST is a comma-separated list of numbers or ranges:

  N           only column N\
   N-          columns N through the end of the line\
   N-M         columns N through M\
   \-M          columns 1 through M

Examples:

  cut -f 2,5-7 file.txt             extract fields 2, 5, 6, and 7\
   cut -f 3- file.txt                extract field 3 to the end of the line\
   cut --complement -f 4-6 file.txt  extract all fields except 4, 5, and 6\
   cut -d',' -f1 file.csv            extract first field from a CSV

## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0