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Shell & TerminalDeep Dive October 4, 2026 7 min read

cut in Shell Scripts: Delimiters, Character Sets, and Record Assumptions

Use cut only for the record format it understands, distinguishing bytes, characters, fields, locale effects, and arbitrary filename boundaries.

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Shell & TerminalDeep Dive October 4, 2026 5 min read

Use paste for line-oriented column assembly, while making input alignment, delimiter cycling, missing records, and text-format limits explicit.

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