Cut #4 – HackerRank Solution

In this post, we will solve Cut #4 HackerRank Solution. This problem (Cut #4) is a part of Linux Shell series.

Task

Display the first four characters from each line of text.

Input Format

A text file with lines of ASCII text only.

Constraints

• 1 <= N <= 100
• (N is the number of lines of text in the input file)

Output Format

The output should contain N lines. Each line should contain just the first four characters of the corresponding input line.

Sample Input

Hello
World
how are you

Sample Output

Hell
Worl
how 

Solution – Cut #4 – HackerRank Solution

#Display the first four characters from each line of text. 
cut -c -4

Note: This problem (Cut #4) is generated by HackerRank but the solution is provided by CodingBroz. This tutorial is only for Educational and Learning purpose.