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- Adopt the short description from POSIX as it better matches the

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utility name.

- Fix a bug in description: the range preceded by a dash selects
  up to the last number, not first.
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Ruslan Ermilov 2007-02-28 10:13:32 +00:00
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.\" @(#)cut.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 28, 2004
.Dd December 21, 2006
.Dt CUT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cut
.Nd select portions of each line of a file
.Nd cut out selected portions of each line of a file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Fl b Ar list
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility selects portions of each line (as specified by
utility cuts out selected portions of each line (as specified by
.Ar list )
from each
.Ar file
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ 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.
fields or columns from 1 to the last 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.
@ -129,10 +129,9 @@ The
.Ev LANG , LC_ALL
and
.Ev LC_CTYPE
environment variables affect the execution of the
environment variables affect the execution of
.Nm
utility.
Their effect is described in
as described in
.Xr environ 7 .
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std