Exam LX0-103 topic 3 question 41 discussion

Here's how it works: cut is a command-line utility that cuts out sections from a file. -d : specifies that the : character should be used as the field delimiter. This means that the fields in the file will be separated by the : character. -f 1,4 specifies that the first and fourth fields should be extracted. This means that the first and fourth columns in the file will be printed to the output. /etc/passwd is the file from which the fields will be extracted. So, the overall effect of the command is to print the first and fourth fields from the /etc/passwd file, with the fields separated by a : character.