diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f0ffe370b..fffbc9e84 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ path = "comm/comm.rs"
 name = "cp"
 path = "cp/cp.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "cut"
+path = "cut/cut.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "dirname"
 path = "dirname/dirname.rs"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 898251825..25d383219 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PROGS       := \
   cksum \
   comm \
   cp \
+  cut \
   dirname \
   echo \
   env \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bb221e8c..37cd36cd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ To do
 - copy
 - cp (not much done)
 - csplit
-- cut
 - date
 - dd
 - df
diff --git a/cut/cut.rs b/cut/cut.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16cc56636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cut/cut.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,528 @@
+#![crate_id(name="cut", vers="1.0.0", author="Rolf Morel")]
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Rolf Morel <rolfmorel@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+#![feature(macro_rules)]
+
+extern crate getopts;
+extern crate libc;
+
+use std::os;
+use std::io::{File, BufferedWriter, BufferedReader, stdin, print};
+use getopts::{optopt, optflag, getopts, usage};
+
+use ranges::Range;
+
+#[path = "../common/util.rs"]
+mod util;
+mod ranges;
+
+static NAME: &'static str = "cut";
+static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+
+struct Options {
+    out_delim: Option<String>,
+}
+
+struct FieldOptions {
+    delimiter: String,  // one char long, String because of UTF8 representation
+    out_delimeter: Option<String>,
+    only_delimited: bool,
+}
+
+enum Mode {
+    Bytes(Vec<Range>, Options),
+    Characters(Vec<Range>, Options),
+    Fields(Vec<Range>, FieldOptions),
+}
+
+fn list_to_ranges(list: &str, complement: bool) -> Result<Vec<Range>, String> {
+    if complement {
+        Range::from_list(list).map(|r| ranges::complement(&r))
+    } else {
+        Range::from_list(list)
+    }
+}
+
+fn cut_bytes<T: Reader>(mut reader: BufferedReader<T>,
+                        ranges: &Vec<Range>,
+                        opts: &Options) -> int {
+    let mut out = BufferedWriter::new(std::io::stdio::stdout_raw());
+    let (use_delim, out_delim) = match opts.out_delim.clone() {
+        Some(delim) => (true, delim),
+        None => (false, "".to_str())
+    };
+
+    'newline: loop {
+        let line = match reader.read_until(b'\n') {
+            Ok(line) => line,
+            Err(std::io::IoError { kind: std::io::EndOfFile, .. }) => break,
+            _ => fail!(),
+        };
+
+        let line_len = line.len();
+        let mut print_delim = false;
+
+        for &Range { low: low, high: high } in ranges.iter() {
+            if low > line_len { break; }
+
+            if use_delim {
+                if print_delim {
+                    out.write_str(out_delim.as_slice()).unwrap();
+                }
+                print_delim = true;
+            }
+
+            if high >= line_len {
+                let segment = line.slice(low - 1, line_len);
+
+                out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                if *line.get(line_len - 1) == b'\n' {
+                    continue 'newline
+                }
+            } else {
+                let segment = line.slice(low - 1, high);
+
+                out.write(segment).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+
+        out.write(&[b'\n']).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    0
+}
+
+fn cut_characters<T: Reader>(mut reader: BufferedReader<T>,
+                             ranges: &Vec<Range>,
+                             opts: &Options) -> int {
+    let mut out = BufferedWriter::new(std::io::stdio::stdout_raw());
+    let (use_delim, out_delim) = match opts.out_delim.clone() {
+        Some(delim) => (true, delim),
+        None => (false, "".to_str())
+    };
+
+    'newline: loop {
+        let line = match reader.read_line() {
+            Ok(line) => line,
+            Err(std::io::IoError { kind: std::io::EndOfFile, .. }) => break,
+            _ => fail!(),
+        };
+
+        let mut char_pos = 0;
+        let mut char_indices = line.as_slice().char_indices();
+        let mut print_delim = false;
+
+        for &Range { low: low, high: high } in ranges.iter() {
+            let low_idx = match char_indices.nth(low - char_pos - 1) {
+                Some((low_idx, _)) => low_idx,
+                None => break
+            };
+
+            if use_delim {
+                if print_delim {
+                    out.write_str(out_delim.as_slice()).unwrap();
+                }
+                print_delim = true;
+            }
+
+            match char_indices.nth(high - low) {
+                Some((high_idx, _)) => {
+                    let segment = line.as_bytes().slice(low_idx, high_idx);
+
+                    out.write(segment).unwrap();
+                }
+                None => {
+                    let bytes = line.as_bytes();
+                    let segment = bytes.slice(low_idx, bytes.len());
+
+                    out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                    if line.as_bytes()[bytes.len() - 1] == b'\n' {
+                        continue 'newline
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            char_pos = high + 1;
+        }
+        out.write(&[b'\n']).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    0
+}
+
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+struct Searcher<'a> {
+    haystack: &'a [u8],
+    needle: &'a [u8],
+    position: uint
+}
+
+impl<'a> Searcher<'a> {
+    fn new(haystack: &'a [u8], needle: &'a [u8]) -> Searcher<'a> {
+        Searcher {
+            haystack: haystack,
+            needle: needle,
+            position: 0
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator<(uint, uint)> for Searcher<'a> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(uint, uint)> {
+        if self.needle.len() == 1 {
+            for offset in range(self.position, self.haystack.len()) {
+                if self.haystack[offset] == self.needle[0] {
+                    self.position = offset + 1;
+                    return Some((offset, offset + 1));
+                }
+            }
+
+            self.position = self.haystack.len();
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        while self.position + self.needle.len() <= self.haystack.len() {
+            if self.haystack.slice(self.position,
+                                   self.position + self.needle.len()) == self.needle {
+                let match_pos = self.position;
+                self.position += self.needle.len();
+                return Some((match_pos, match_pos + self.needle.len()));
+            } else {
+                self.position += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn cut_fields_delimiter<T: Reader>(mut reader: BufferedReader<T>,
+                                   ranges: &Vec<Range>,
+                                   delim: &String,
+                                   only_delimited: bool,
+                                   out_delim: &String) -> int {
+    let mut out = BufferedWriter::new(std::io::stdio::stdout_raw());
+
+    'newline: loop {
+        let line = match reader.read_until(b'\n') {
+            Ok(line) => line,
+            Err(std::io::IoError { kind: std::io::EndOfFile, .. }) => break,
+            _ => fail!(),
+        };
+
+        let mut fields_pos = 1;
+        let mut low_idx = 0;
+        let mut delim_search = Searcher::new(line.as_slice(),
+                                             delim.as_bytes()).peekable();
+        let mut print_delim = false;
+
+        if delim_search.peek().is_none() {
+            if ! only_delimited {
+                out.write(line.as_slice()).unwrap();
+                if *line.get(line.len() - 1) != b'\n' {
+                    out.write([b'\n']).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+
+            continue
+        }
+
+        for &Range { low: low, high: high } in ranges.iter() {
+            if low - fields_pos > 0 {
+                low_idx = match delim_search.nth(low - fields_pos - 1) {
+                    Some((_, beyond_delim)) => beyond_delim,
+                    None => break
+                };
+            }
+
+            for _ in range(0, high - low + 1) {
+                if print_delim {
+                    out.write_str(out_delim.as_slice()).unwrap();
+                }
+
+                match delim_search.next() {
+                    Some((high_idx, next_low_idx)) => {
+                        let segment = line.slice(low_idx, high_idx);
+
+                        out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                        print_delim = true;
+
+                        low_idx = next_low_idx;
+                        fields_pos = high + 1;
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        let segment = line.slice(low_idx, line.len());
+
+                        out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                        if *line.get(line.len() - 1) == b'\n' {
+                            continue 'newline
+                        }
+                        break
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        out.write(&[b'\n']).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    0
+}
+
+fn cut_fields<T: Reader>(mut reader: BufferedReader<T>,
+                         ranges: &Vec<Range>,
+                         opts: &FieldOptions) -> int {
+    match opts.out_delimeter {
+        Some(ref delim) => {
+            return cut_fields_delimiter(reader, ranges, &opts.delimiter,
+                                        opts.only_delimited, delim);
+        }
+        None => ()
+    }
+
+    let mut out = BufferedWriter::new(std::io::stdio::stdout_raw());
+
+    'newline: loop {
+        let line = match reader.read_until(b'\n') {
+            Ok(line) => line,
+            Err(std::io::IoError { kind: std::io::EndOfFile, .. }) => break,
+            _ => fail!(),
+        };
+
+        let mut fields_pos = 1;
+        let mut low_idx = 0;
+        let mut delim_search = Searcher::new(line.as_slice(),
+                                             opts.delimiter.as_bytes()).peekable();
+        let mut print_delim = false;
+
+        if delim_search.peek().is_none() {
+            if ! opts.only_delimited {
+                out.write(line.as_slice()).unwrap();
+                if *line.get(line.len() - 1) != b'\n' {
+                    out.write([b'\n']).unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+
+            continue
+        }
+
+        for &Range { low: low, high: high } in ranges.iter() {
+            if low - fields_pos > 0 {
+                low_idx = match delim_search.nth(low - fields_pos - 1) {
+                    Some((_, beyond_delim)) => beyond_delim,
+                    None => break
+                };
+            }
+
+            if print_delim {
+                if low_idx >= opts.delimiter.as_bytes().len() {
+                    low_idx -= opts.delimiter.as_bytes().len();
+                }
+            }
+
+            match delim_search.nth(high - low) {
+                Some((high_idx, next_low_idx)) => {
+                    let segment = line.slice(low_idx, high_idx);
+
+                    out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                    print_delim = true;
+                    low_idx = next_low_idx;
+                    fields_pos = high + 1;
+                }
+                None => {
+                    let segment = line.slice(low_idx, line.len());
+
+                    out.write(segment).unwrap();
+
+                    if *line.get(line.len() - 1) == b'\n' {
+                        continue 'newline
+                    }
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        out.write(&[b'\n']).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    0
+}
+
+fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: Mode) -> int {
+    let mut stdin_read = false;
+    let mut exit_code = 0;
+
+    if filenames.len() == 0 { filenames.push("-".to_str()); }
+
+    for filename in filenames.iter() {
+        if filename.as_slice() == "-" {
+            if stdin_read { continue; }
+
+            exit_code |= match mode {
+                Bytes(ref ranges, ref opts) => {
+                    cut_bytes(stdin(), ranges, opts)
+                }
+                Characters(ref ranges, ref opts) => {
+                    cut_characters(stdin(), ranges, opts)
+                }
+                Fields(ref ranges, ref opts) => {
+                    cut_fields(stdin(), ranges, opts)
+                }
+            };
+
+            stdin_read = true;
+        } else {
+            let path = Path::new(filename.as_slice());
+
+            if ! path.exists() {
+                show_error!("{}: No such file or directory", filename);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let buf_file = match File::open(&path) {
+                Ok(file) => BufferedReader::new(file),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    show_error!("{}: {}", filename, e.desc);
+                    continue
+                }
+            };
+
+            exit_code |= match mode {
+                Bytes(ref ranges, ref opts) => cut_bytes(buf_file, ranges, opts),
+                Characters(ref ranges, ref opts) => {
+                    cut_characters(buf_file, ranges, opts)
+                }
+                Fields(ref ranges, ref opts) => {
+                    cut_fields(buf_file, ranges, opts)
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    exit_code
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn main() { os::set_exit_status(uumain(os::args())); }
+
+pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> int {
+    let opts = [
+        optopt("b", "bytes", "select only these bytes", "LIST"),
+        optopt("c", "characters", "select only these characters", "LIST"),
+        optopt("d", "delimiter", "use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter", "DELIM"),
+        optopt("f", "fields", "select only these fields;  also print any line that contains no delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified", "LIST"),
+        optflag("n", "", "(ignored)"),
+        optflag("", "complement", "complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields"),
+        optflag("s", "only-delimited", "do not print lines not containing delimiters"),
+        optopt("", "output-delimiter", "use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the input delimiter", "STRING"),
+        optflag("", "help", "display this help and exit"),
+        optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit"),
+    ];
+
+    let matches = match getopts(args.tail(), opts) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => {
+            show_error!("Invalid options\n{}", f)
+            return 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        println!("Usage:");
+        println!("  {0} OPTION... [FILE]...", args.get(0));
+        println!("");
+        print(usage("Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.", opts).as_slice());
+        println!("");
+        println!("Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f.  Each LIST is made up of one");
+        println!("range, or many ranges separated by commas.  Selected input is written");
+        println!("in the same order that it is read, and is written exactly once.");
+        println!("Each range is one of:");
+        println!("");
+        println!("  N     N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1");
+        println!("  N-    from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line");
+        println!("  N-M   from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field");
+        println!("  -M    from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field");
+        println!("");
+        println!("With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    let complement = matches.opt_present("complement");
+
+    let mode_parse = match (matches.opt_str("bytes"),
+                            matches.opt_str("characters"),
+                            matches.opt_str("fields")) {
+        (Some(byte_ranges), None, None) => {
+            list_to_ranges(byte_ranges.as_slice(), complement).map(|ranges|
+                Bytes(ranges,
+                      Options { out_delim: matches.opt_str("output-delimiter") })
+            )
+        }
+        (None, Some(char_ranges), None) => {
+            list_to_ranges(char_ranges.as_slice(), complement).map(|ranges|
+                Characters(ranges,
+                           Options { out_delim: matches.opt_str("output-delimiter") })
+            )
+        }
+        (None, None, Some(field_ranges)) => {
+            list_to_ranges(field_ranges.as_slice(), complement).and_then(|ranges|
+                {
+                    let out_delim = matches.opt_str("output-delimiter");
+                    let only_delimited = matches.opt_present("only-delimited");
+
+                    match matches.opt_str("delimiter") {
+                        Some(delim) => {
+                            if delim.as_slice().char_len() != 1 {
+                                Err("the delimiter must be a single character".to_str())
+                            } else {
+                                Ok(Fields(ranges,
+                                          FieldOptions {
+                                              delimiter: delim,
+                                              out_delimeter: out_delim,
+                                              only_delimited: only_delimited
+                                          }))
+                            }
+                        }
+                        None => Ok(Fields(ranges,
+                                          FieldOptions {
+                                              delimiter: "\t".to_str(),
+                                              out_delimeter: out_delim,
+                                              only_delimited: only_delimited
+                                          }))
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+        }
+        (ref b, ref c, ref f) if b.is_some() || c.is_some() || f.is_some() => {
+            Err("only one type of list may be specified".to_str())
+        }
+        _ => Err("you must specify a list of bytes, characters, or fields".to_str())
+    };
+
+    match mode_parse {
+        Ok(mode) => cut_files(matches.free, mode),
+        Err(err_msg) => {
+            show_error!("{}\n\
+                         Try '{} --help' for more information",
+                        err_msg, args.get(0));
+            1
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cut/ranges.rs b/cut/ranges.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6089bcaac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cut/ranges.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Rolf Morel <rolfmorel@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+use std;
+
+#[deriving(PartialEq,Eq,PartialOrd,Ord,Show)]
+pub struct Range {
+    pub low: uint,
+    pub high: uint,
+}
+
+impl std::from_str::FromStr for Range {
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Option<Range> {
+        use std::uint::MAX;
+
+        let mut parts = s.splitn('-', 1);
+
+        match (parts.next(), parts.next()) {
+            (Some(nm), None) => {
+                from_str::<uint>(nm).filtered(|nm| *nm > 0)
+                                    .map(|nm| Range { low: nm, high: nm })
+            }
+            (Some(n), Some(m)) if m.len() == 0 => {
+                from_str::<uint>(n).filtered(|low| *low > 0)
+                                   .map(|low| Range { low: low, high: MAX })
+            }
+            (Some(n), Some(m)) if n.len() == 0 => {
+                from_str::<uint>(m).filtered(|high| *high >= 1)
+                                   .map(|high| Range { low: 1, high: high })
+            }
+            (Some(n), Some(m)) => {
+                match (from_str::<uint>(n), from_str::<uint>(m)) {
+                    (Some(low), Some(high)) if low > 0 && low <= high => {
+                        Some(Range { low: low, high: high })
+                    }
+                    _ => None
+                }
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Range {
+    pub fn from_list(list: &str) -> Result<Vec<Range>, String> {
+        use std::cmp::max;
+
+        let mut ranges = vec!();
+
+        for item in list.split(',') {
+            match from_str::<Range>(item) {
+                Some(range_item) => ranges.push(range_item),
+                None => return Err(format!("range '{}' was invalid", item))
+            }
+        }
+
+        ranges.sort();
+
+        // merge overlapping ranges
+        for i in range(0, ranges.len()) {
+            let j = i + 1;
+
+            while j < ranges.len() && ranges.get(j).low <= ranges.get(i).high {
+                let j_high = ranges.remove(j).unwrap().high;
+                ranges.get_mut(i).high = max(ranges.get(i).high, j_high);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(ranges)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn complement(ranges: &Vec<Range>) -> Vec<Range> {
+    use std::uint;
+
+    let mut complements = Vec::with_capacity(ranges.len() + 1);
+
+    if ranges.len() > 0 && ranges.get(0).low > 1 {
+        complements.push(Range { low: 1, high: ranges.get(0).low - 1 });
+    }
+
+    let mut ranges_iter = ranges.iter().peekable();
+    loop {
+        match (ranges_iter.next(), ranges_iter.peek()) {
+            (Some(left), Some(right)) => {
+                if left.high + 1 != right.low {
+                    complements.push(Range {
+                                         low: left.high + 1,
+                                         high: right.low - 1
+                                     });
+                }
+            }
+            (Some(last), None) => {
+                if last.high < uint::MAX {
+                    complements.push(Range {
+                                        low: last.high + 1,
+                                        high: uint::MAX
+                                     });
+                }
+            }
+            _ => break
+        }
+    }
+
+    complements
+}
diff --git a/uutils/uutils.rs b/uutils/uutils.rs
index 680c581ff..fd9243904 100644
--- a/uutils/uutils.rs
+++ b/uutils/uutils.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ extern crate chroot;
 extern crate cksum;
 extern crate comm;
 extern crate cp;
+extern crate cut;
 extern crate dirname;
 extern crate du;
 extern crate echo;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ fn util_map() -> HashMap<&str, fn(Vec<String>) -> int> {
     map.insert("cksum", cksum::uumain);
     map.insert("comm", comm::uumain);
     map.insert("cp", cp::uumain);
+    map.insert("cut", cut::uumain);
     map.insert("dirname", dirname::uumain);
     map.insert("du", du::uumain);
     map.insert("echo", echo::uumain);