MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

cut(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities cut(1)
–s does not display lines that do not contain a field separator character. Normally, cut
displays lines that do not contain a field separator character in their entirety.
EXAMPLES
cut –f 2,2 -d " " /etc/profile
displays the second space-delineated field in the system profile.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error occurred.
Messages
Message: bad list for –f, –b, or –c option [list]
Cause: You specified a list for the –f, –b,or–c option that contained non-numeric
entries.
Action: Specify a list that contains only numeric entries.
Message: badly formed range in list [list]
Cause: You specified a list that contained a range that was not in the form:
num1-num2
Action: Re-enter the command line using the proper syntax for a range.
Message: Bad range "num1-num2" in list
Cause: You specified a list containing the range num1-num2 where num2 was less than
num1. Ranges must be specified with the lower value first.
Action: Re-enter the command line, making sure to list the lower value first when speci-
fying the range.
Message: Field delimiter specified by –d must be one character
Cause: You specified a field delimiter (as an argument to the –d option) that was more
than one character long.
Action: Specify a single character field delimiter.
Message: file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: input file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
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