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Please look closely at what I suggested! There was no -d option in what I suggested and there were double quotes around the |. I'm glad the awk command worked, but you might also be able to use:...

edit: Nevermind. Don already posted the right cut command in post #4.

$ cut -c1-2,4-5 -d --output-delimiter=| t.txt
cut: the delimiter must be a single character
Try `cut --help' for more information.
-bash: t.txt: command not found

If you use -d you must give it...

To keep the forums high quality for all users, please take the time to format your posts correctly.

First of all, use Code Tags when you post any code or data samples so others can easily read...

With cut -b... and cut -c... the input delimiter is never used anyway. And, since you are creating a single sequence of characters (not fields), I'm not sure you can specify an output field...

Please use code tags for code and output, stuff

$ cut -c1-10,20-30 -d --output-delimiter=| filename
cut: the delimiter must be a single character
That error is because of -d or --delimiter