*-c(column):* To extract the specific character.

This can be a list of numbers separated comma or a range of numbers separated by hyphen(-)

[source,bash]
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cut -c 1-5 $LLO_DATAFILE | head -5
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[INFO]
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DATAFILE

The datafile  contains aggregate individual statistics for 67 NBA seasons. from basic box-score attributes such as points, assists, rebounds etc., to more advanced money-ball like features such as Value Over Replacement.

Take a look in
link:https://git.swarmlab.io:3000/llo/LabLearningObject/src/branch/master/data/nba_statistics_glossary[Glossary^]
for a detailed column description

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE:  LLO_DATAFILE

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