Cut Columns Text For Free

To cut by character use the -c option. This selects the characters given to the -c option. This can be a list of comma separated numbers, a range of numbers or a single number. Where your input stream is character based -c can be a better option than selecting by bytes as often characters are more than one byte.

1) The cut command is used to display selected parts of file content in UNIX. 2) The default delimiter in cut command is "tab", you can change the delimiter with the option "-d" in the cut command. 3) The cut command in Linux allows you to select the part of the content by bytes, by character, and by field or column.

Using the cut Command You can also use the -d and -f flags to extract a string by specifying characters to split on. The -d flag lets you specify the delimiter to split on while -f lets you choose which substring of the split to choose.

-c (column): To cut by character use the -c option. This selects the characters given to the -c option. This can be a list of numbers separated comma or a range of numbers separated by hyphen(-). Tabs and backspaces are treated as a character.

The following command line options are used by the cut command to make it more specific: -b, --bytes=LIST: It is used to cut a specific section by bytes. -c, --characters=LIST: It is used to select the specified characters. -d, --delimiter=DELIM: It is used to cut a specific section by a delimiter.

-c (column): To cut by character use the -c option. This can be a list of numbers separated comma or a range of numbers separated by hyphen(-). Tabs and backspaces are treated as a character. It is necessary to specify list of character numbers otherwise it gives error with this option.

Select the column that you want to copy (column A in this example) Copy the column (or the range in the column). You can do this using Control + C (or Command + C) or right-click on the selection and then click on Copy.