To select non-contiguous fields using the cut command, you can specify the fields you want to extract with the -f option, separating the field numbers with commas. 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 the first and third fields from a comma-separated file:
cut -d ',' -f 1,3 filename.csvIn this command:
-d ','specifies that the delimiter is a comma.-f 1,3indicates that you want to extract the first and third fields.
The output will display only the specified non-contiguous fields while maintaining the original delimiter between them.
