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but what does it do to the / character?
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It uses it as a field delimiter to determine what the first 4 fields are
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It uses it as a field delimiter to determine what the first 4 fields are

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But what about the difference bewteen -f1-4 and -c1-4?
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But what about the difference bewteen -f1-4 and -c1-4?

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Can someone tell me what does this line do?<br />
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cut -d&quot;/&quot; -f1-4`<br />
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I understand that it grabs the string, ignored the forward slash character and cus characters 1 throught 4 from the string. Am I correct?<br />
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Also what is the difference when cut command is called with -c1-4 as opposed to -f1-4?
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Can someone tell me what does this line do?

cut -d"/" -f1-4`

I understand that it grabs the string, ignored the forward slash character and cus characters 1 throught 4 from the string. Am I correct?

Also what is the difference when cut command is called with -c1-4 as opposed to -f1-4?

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