
cut:tldr:15bc9
cut: Print a specific character/field range of each line.
$ ${command} | cut --${select}=${select1}
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This command performs two operations:
${command}
represents a placeholder for a specific command that is to be executed. It is assumed that this command produces some output.|
is a pipe symbol, which is used to redirect the output of the previous command to the input of the next command.cut
is a command-line utility that is used to extract specific sections (columns) of lines from input. It takes options and arguments to specify which sections to cut.--${select}
is an option parameter that specifies the field delimiter.${select}
is assumed to be the value of the field delimiter.=${select1}
is an argument that specifies which section of the input to cut.${select1}
is assumed to be the value of the section to be extracted.
In summary, this command takes the output of ${command}
, specifies the field delimiter as ${select}
, and extracts the section specified by ${select1}
using the cut
command.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.