I have a file and would like to cut the first 100 characters of the first line. I tried it with the ‘cut’-command:
But this does not work, because it will cut the first 100 characters of each line. But I need to cut them only from the beginning of the file – so only from the first line.
Do you have a solution for this?
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Hi Friends
I have a file
like
sample1.txt
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10998909.txt
10898990.txt
1898772222.txt
8980000000000.txt
I need to take first 3 characters of each line in a file and i need to print it '
like loop
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I know this sounds simple, but I have a logfile with
> something
> something_else
> another_entry
...
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cut -c 1-2 somefile > someotherfile
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Need to convert file names to upper case using tr command in Unix.
In a folder -> /apps/dd01/misc
there are two files like:
pi-abcd567sd.pdf
pi-efgh1.pdf
The output of should be like:
pi-ABCD567SD.pdf
pi-EFGH1.pdf
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Guys,
can you help me in doing cut first 21 and 32-35 characters from file.
I tried with cut -c to cut first 21 characters ,It is succeeded.
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hello everybody
i am looking for a shell to cut a flat file (with a long unique line) according to a certain number of characters and redirect every result to an output file.
here is an example
MyFile :
12 3 456 12 3 456 12 3 456 .....
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Hi,
I would like to cut last 13 characters of a file name and take the rename the file name as follows:
Input:
A.DAT20110517033732
Output:
A.DAT
I have tried the following command and cut last 13 characters.
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i have a file 1.txt
<a><a"" dd>aaaaauweopriuew</f><">!(^)!</aa></ff>
<a><a"" dd>bbbbbuweopriuew</f><">!(^*)!</aa></ff>
i know i can use
perl -p -i -e "s/>aaaaa/aa/g" 1.txt
perl -p -i -e "s/>bbbbb/bb/g" 1.txt
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Discussion started by: jimmy_y
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
cut
cut(1) General Commands Manual cut(1)Name
cut - cut out selected fields of each line of a file
Syntax
cut -clist [file1 file2...]
cut -flist [-dchar] [-s] [file1 file2...]
Description
Use the command to cut out columns from a table or fields from each line of a file. The fields as specified by list can be fixed length,
that is, character positions as on a punched card (-c option), or the length can vary from line to line and be marked with a field delim-
iter character like tab (-f option). The command can be used as a filter. If no files are given, the standard input is used.
Use to make horizontal ``cuts'' (by context) through a file, or to put files together in columns. To reorder columns in a table, use and
Options
list Specifies ranges that must be a comma-separated list of integer field numbers in increasing order. With optional - indicates
ranges as in the -o option of nroff/troff for page ranges; for example, 1,4,7; 1-3,8; -5,10 (short for 1-5,10); or 3- (short
for third through last field).
-clist Specifies character positions to be cut out. For example, -c1-72 would pass the first 72 characters of each line.
-flist Specifies the fields to be cut out. For example, -f1,7 copies the first and seventh field only. Lines with no field delim-
iters are passed through intact (useful for table subheadings), unless -s is specified.
-dchar Uses the specified character as the field delimiter. Default is tab. Space or other characters with special meaning to the
shell must be quoted. The -d option is used only in combination with the -f option, according to XPG3 and SVID2/SVID3.
-s Suppresses lines with no delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through untouched.
Either the -c or -f option must be specified.
Examples
Mapping of user IDs to names:
cut -d: -f1,5 /etc/passwd
To set name to the current login name for the csh shell:
set name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
To set name to the current login name for the sh, sh5, and ksh shells:
name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
Diagnostics
"line too long" A line can have no more than 511 characters or fields.
"bad list for c/f option"
Missing -c or -f option or incorrectly specified list. No error occurs if a line has fewer fields than the list calls
for.
"no fields" The list is empty.
See Alsogrep(1), paste(1)cut(1)