Shell Data Processing - cut command

Suppress only the first part of a line

Take the rest of the line after the first :

cut --delimiter ':' --fields=2-

where:

• –delimiter specify the delimiter
• –fields defined the field to chose (ie the columns) and its value 2- means all value from 2

Suppress the first character

echo foo | cut --characters=2-
# short form
echo foo | cut -c2-

• Result

oo

where:

• --characters means that we are manipulating characters
• 2- means character 2 to the end