How to extract different character ranges?

To extract different character ranges from a file using the cut command, you can specify multiple ranges with commas. Here’s how you can do it:

Syntax:

cut -c <range1>,<range2>,<range3> <file>

Example:

If you want to extract characters from positions 1 to 5 and 11 to 15 from a file named inventory.txt, you would use:

cut -c 1-5,11-15 /home/labex/project/inventory.txt

Explanation:

• -c 1-5,11-15: This tells cut to extract characters from positions 1 to 5 and from 11 to 15.
• /home/labex/project/inventory.txt: This is the file you are processing.

Output:

The command will display the specified character ranges from each line of the file.

Feel free to ask if you need more examples or further assistance!