Cut
Purpose 
Deletes the contents of the specified field in the current record and saves the contents to the Clipboard.
Format 
Cut [Select; <table::field>]
Options 
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Select entire contents deletes the contents of a field and saves it to the Clipboard. If you do not use Select entire contents, only the selected portion of the field's data is cut.
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Select Go to target field or click Specify to select the field whose contents you want to cut.
Compatibility 
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description 
This script step removes the contents of the field. To duplicate the field information, use the Copy script step.
Note  In a web-published database, use a Commit Record/Request script step after a Cut script step to update the record in the browser window.
Examples 
The following example takes notes from a "Recent Notes" field and pastes them at the end of a "Previous Notes" field (creating a history of notes).
Enter Browse Mode [ ]
Cut [Select, Table1::Recent Notes]
Paste [Table1::Previous Notes]
Related topics 
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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