Lets say I want to remove columns 2,3,4,5,10 and keep the rest
Normally, in a fixed length CSV, which has the same amount of columns every time it is processed, say 20 columns each time, I would use the following command to achieve this: (thereby specifying columns I do want)
But since the amount of columns will increase each time I have to run this process, then I need a means of specifying columns that I don't want (inverse cut) rather than what I do want. Perhaps this could be achieved in sed or awk..
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
If your cut supports --complement then:
You can easily do this with cut itself, using standard functionality:
Regards,
Alister
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