random man page update: cut.1

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.SH NAME
cut \- select out columns of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcut [ \fB \-b \fR|\fB \-c\fR] \fIlist\fR [\fIfile...\fR]\fR
\fBcut \fR[\fB\-b \fR|\fB \-c\fR] \fIlist\fR [\fIfile...\fR]\fR
.br
\fBcut \-f \fIlist\fR [\fB\-d \fIdelim\fR] [\fB \-s\fR]\fR [\fIfile...\fR]"
\fBcut \-f \fIlist\fR [\fB\-d \fIdelim\fR] [\fB \-s\fR]\fR [\fIfile...\fR]
.br
.de FL
.TP
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# \\$2
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.SH OPTIONS
.FL "\-b" "Cut specified bytes"
.FL "\-c" "Select out specific characters"
.FL "\-d" "Change the column delimiter to \fIdelim\fR"
.FL "\-f" "Select out specific fields that are separated by the delimiter character ( see \fIdelim\fR)"
.FL "\-i" "Runs of delimiters count as one"
.FL "\-s" "Suppres lines with no delimiter characters, when used with the \-f option. Lines with no delimiters are passwd through untouched"
.FL "\-b" "Cut specified bytes."
.FL "\-c" "Select out specific characters."
.FL "\-d" "Change the column delimiter to \fIdelim\fR."
.FL "\-f" "Select out specific fields that are separated by the delimiter character (see \fIdelim\fR)."
.FL "\-i" "Runs of delimiters count as one."
.FL "\-s" "Suppress lines with no delimiter characters, when used with the \-f option. Lines with no delimiters are passed through untouched."
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "cut \-f 2 file" "Extract field 2"
.EX "cut \-c 1\-2,5 file" "Extract character columns 1, 2, and 5"
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If the \fB\-c\fR flag is used, specific columns can be specified.
The list can be comma or BLANK separated. The \fB\-f\fR and
\fB\-c\fR flags are mutually exclusive.
Note: The POSIX1003.2 standard requires the option \-b to cut out
Note: The POSIX1003.2 standard requires the option \fB\-b\fR to cut out
specific bytes in a file. It is intended for systems with multi byte
characters (e.g. kanji), since MINIX uses only one byte characters,
this option is equivalent to \-c. For the same reason, the option
this option is equivalent to \fB\-c\fR. For the same reason, the option
\-n has no effect and is not listed in this manual page.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR sed (1),