From 5b589faffb4adc9c893757d992bba6b0a904021a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Omar Hamad Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:04:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] linux: Add cut command explanation (#177) --- README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 085cc13..3bab197 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ They take in input (<) and output for a given file (>) using stdin and stdout. - grep: a search tool. Used to search, count or match a text in a file: - searching for any line that contains a word in a file: `grep 'word' file.md` - or displaying the total number of times a string appears in a file: `grep -c 'This is a string' file.md` + - cut: a tool for cutting out selected portions of each line of a file: + - syntax: `cut OPTION [FILE]` + - cutting first two bytes from a word in a file: `cut -b 1-2 file.md`, output: `wo`