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Paste

A Unix command line utility which is used to join files horizontally (parallel merging) by outputting lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines of each file specified.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_(Unix)

Cut

Cut removes sections of each line of files.

Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.

• cut man page

brett@ubuntu:~$ cat file
gidlesd
dddiii
llfees
jfkdasdioels
fjoewaqffcjio

brett@ubuntu:~$ cut -c 2-4 file
idl
ddi
lfe
fkd
joe

brett@ubuntu:~$