Cut Command: -

Q) What are options used in cut command ?

Ans – There are two options used in cut command.

1.       –c –> to cut character wise

2.       –f -> to cut field wise

Q)  Give third character present in all lines of the file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –c3 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give third to 12^th characters in all lines of the file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –c3-12 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 1^st to 7^th characters in all lines of the file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –c-7 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 5^th character, 7^th to 13^th characters and then 23^rd to 27^th characters in all lines of a file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –c5,7-13,23-27 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 3^rd to last characters of all lines for the file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –c3- f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 3^rd to 7^th characters of 6^th line of a file f1 ?

Ans - $ sed –n ‘6p’ f1 | cut –c3-7<Enter – Key>

Q)  Give third field present in all lines of the space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘ ‘ –f3 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give third to 12^th fields in all lines of the space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘ ‘ –f3-12 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 1^st to 7^th fields in all lines of the space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘ ‘ –f-7 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 5^th field, 7^th to 13^th fields and then 23^rd to 27^th fields in all lines of a space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘ ‘ –f5,7-13,23-27 f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 3^rd to last fields of all lines for the space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘ ‘ –f3- f1<Enter – Key>

Q) Give 3^rd to 7^th fields of 6^th line of a space separated file f1 ?

Ans - $ sed –n ‘6p’ f1 | cut –d ‘ ‘ –f3-7<Enter – Key>

Q) Write a command to cut 2^nd to 4^th field and 6^th and 7^th field from a csv file file.csv ?

Ans - $ cut –d ‘,’ –f2-4,6,7 file.csv<Enter – Key>

Q) How to get 9^th and 5^th columns of ls –lrt command ?

Ans - $ ls –lrt | tr –s ‘ ‘ | cut –d ‘ ‘ –f9,5<Enter – Key>

Q) Show me all directories name and their number of links ?

Ans - $ ls –ld | tr –s ‘ ‘ | cut –d ‘ ‘ –f9,2<Enter – Key>