A streamlined field and column extraction utility designed for processing delimited text files and structured data streams.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install cut-tool
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install cut-tool using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Cut Tool?
The Cut Tool is a specialized utility within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem designed for precision text processing. It allows developers and data analysts to isolate specific vertical columns or character ranges from large datasets, such as log files, CSVs, and tab-separated documents.
By leveraging this tool, users can significantly reduce data noise, focusing only on relevant fields for downstream processing. It serves as a fundamental building block for automated data pipelines, providing a lightweight alternative to heavy data manipulation libraries when simple delimiter-based parsing is required.
Cut Tool Use Cases
- Parsing server logs to extract specific timestamps and status codes.
- Processing CSV exports to isolate primary keys or specific data attributes.
- Truncating long strings by extracting specific character ranges.
- Cleaning up shell output for multi-step automation scripts.
- Reformatting structured text files by selecting and reordering fields.
How Cut Tool Works
- The tool accepts a target file or standard input stream for processing.
- Users define a delimiter (such as a comma or tab) to identify field boundaries.
- The skill parses each line of the input according to the specified field positions or character indices.
- It filters out undesired data and streams the requested fields to the output buffer.
- If the complement flag is used, it outputs everything except the specified fields.
Cut Tool Setup
To integrate this utility into your environment, ensure you have the Openclaw Skills runner installed and execute:
# Standard field extraction from a CSV
cut-tool -d ',' -f 1,3 data.csv
# Character-based extraction
cut-tool -c 1-10 file.txt
Cut Tool Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Cut Tool operates on structured text data and outputs filtered strings. It follows this metadata taxonomy for processing:
| Feature | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delimiter | -d |
The character separating fields (defaults to Tab). |
| Fields | -f |
A list or range of field numbers to extract. |
| Characters | -c |
A range of specific character positions. |
| Complement | --complement |
Reverses the selection logic to exclude specified fields. |
Cut Tool Advanced Features
- Support for complex field ranges (e.g., 1-5, 10, 12-).
- Seamless integration with pipe-based workflows in Openclaw Skills.
- Complement selection mode to remove sensitive columns while keeping the rest of the data.
- Character-based slicing for fixed-width file formats.
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