title: How to use cut with delimiter " {##} "?
body: <p>I have a file that is delimited by <code>{##}</code>. I've tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ cat infile | cut -d" {##} " -f1 | grep -w "word" 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i can't get the <code>cut</code> command right. How do I escape special characters (e.g. <code>!@#$%^&amp;*(){}[]</code> in <code>cut</code>?</p>