SHELL SCRIPTING PART 3 || CUT COMMANDS IN SHELL SCRIPT

                  CUT COMMANDS IN LINUX SHELL SCRIPTING

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CUT #1

For each line of input, If you want to print its  character on a new line for a total of  lines of output.

We can do this using cut command in the following way.

Sample input :

HELLO 

WORLD

HOW ARE YOU

cut -c3

The Output will be as follows

l
r
w

CUT #2

To Display the  and  character from each line of text.

Sample Input

Hello

World

how are you

cut -c 2,7

If You are giving Input as a file , then the command will be :

cut -c 2,7 filename.txt

Then the output will be 

• e

• o

• oe

CUT#3

Display a range of characters starting at the  position of a string and ending at the  position (both positions included).

SAMPLE INPUT:

• Hello

• World

• how are you

cut -c2-7

Sample Output :

• ello

• orld

• ow are

CUT #4

Display the first four characters from each line of text.

Sample Input

Hello
World
how are you

cut -c 1-4

Sample Output

Hell
Worl
how