How to extract a range of fields?

To extract a range of fields using the cut command, you can specify the range with the -f option, using a hyphen to indicate the start and end of the range. You also need to use the -d option to define the delimiter that separates the fields in your input data.

Here’s an example command to extract fields 1 to 3 from a comma-separated file:

cut -d ',' -f 1-3 filename.csv

In this command:

• -d ',' specifies that the delimiter is a comma.
• -f 1-3 indicates that you want to extract fields 1, 2, and 3.

The output will display the specified range of fields while maintaining the original delimiter between them.