From: William F. Jolitz Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 00:16:28 +0000 (-0800) Subject: 386BSD 0.1 development X-Git-Tag: 386BSD-0.1~1275 X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/commitdiff_plain/8a070c542a19e562555521ad61ae02400c238b02 386BSD 0.1 development Work on file usr/src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz Synthesized-from: 386BSD-0.1 --- diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2d00302ec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)cut.1 5.5 (Berkeley) 6/27/91 +.\" +.Dd June 27, 1991 +.Dt CUT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cut +.Nd select portions of each line of a file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm cut +.Fl c Ar list +.Ar +.Nm cut +.Fl f Ar list +.Op Fl d Ar string +.Op Fl s +.Ar +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm cut +utility selects portions of each line (as specified by +.Ar list ) +from each +.Ar file +(or the standard input by default), and writes them to the +standard output. +The items specified by +.Ar list +can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited +by a special character. Column numbering starts from 1. +.Pp +.Ar List +is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or +number ranges. +Number ranges consist of a number, a dash +.Pq Li \- , +and a second number +and select the fields or columns from the first number to the second, +inclusive. +Numbers or number ranges may be preceded by a dash, which selects all +fields or columns from 1 to the first number. +Numbers or number ranges may be followed by a dash, which selects all +fields or columns from the last number to the end of the line. +Numbers and number ranges may be repeated, overlapping, and in any order. +It is not an error to select fields or columns not present in the +input line. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl c Ar list +The +.Ar list +specifies character positions. +.It Fl d Ar string +Use +.Ar char +as the field delimiter character instead of the tab character. +.It Fl f Ar list +The +.Ar list +specifies fields, delimited in the input by a single tab character. +Output fields are separated by a single tab character. +.It Fl s +Suppresses lines with no field delimiter characters. +Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified. +.El +.Pp +.Nm Cut +exits 0 on success, 1 if an error occurred. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr paste 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm cut +utility is expected to conform to +.St -p1003.2 .