cut

Delimited:

The delimiter in the below examples is :.

• Show field 1: cut -f 1 -d : /etc/password
• Show field 2 and sort results numerically: cut -f 2 -d : /etc/password | sort -n
• Show all fields after field 1: cut -d: -f 2:
• Show fields 1 through 2: cut -d : -f1-2

Miscellaneous:

• Cut 10 from start of line: cut -c -10