Can I specify multiple ranges?

Yes, you can specify multiple ranges with the -c option in the cut command by separating them with a comma.

Example:

To extract characters from positions 1 to 5 and 10 to 15 from each line of a file named example.txt, you would use:

cut -c 1-5,10-15 example.txt

This command will output the specified character ranges from each line in the file.