Apologies for this, Will take care in future.

Please find the details

Operating System

Code:

uname -a
Linux XXXXXXXX 2.6.32-220.25.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 13:14:38 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Shell

Code:

echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh
echo $KSH_VERSION
Version JM 93t+ 2010-06-21

Code which I use to drop the column

Code:

cut -d, -f1 test1
awk -F, '{ print $1 }' test1
1
2
3
 
cut -d, -f1,3 test2
awk -F, '{ print $1 "," $3 }' test2
11,22
12,23

I am not able to make it generic because I am not sure about total number of column in file as it may vary so Just wanted to know is there any way or option in above command to mention specific column number in command to drop instead of giving column number to be printed.

I hope now I am clear with my words.