cut:tldr:31da9

cut: Print a range of each line with a specific delimiter.

${command}

$ ${command} | cut --delimiter="${,}" --${fields}=${1}

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This command is a combination of two separate commands being run in a pipeline.

The first part of the command, ${command}, represents a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual command you want to run. It could be any valid command that produces output.

The output of ${command} is then piped (|) to the second part of the command, which utilizes the cut command.

The cut command is used to extract specific fields or columns from a given input. In this case, the --delimiter="${,}" option specifies that the delimiter used in the input is a comma surrounded by double quotes, which means comma is treated as the delimiter.

The --${fields}=${1} part of the command is another placeholder. The ${fields} represents the fields or columns you want to extract, and ${1} represents a placeholder for the value you want to provide for the fields option. You'll have to replace ${fields} and ${1} with the actual values you want to use.

To summarize, this command takes the output of ${command}, treats commas surrounded by double quotes as the delimiter, and extracts the specified fields/columns based on the values provided.

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.

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