how to cut columns of csv

Question

I have a set of csv files (around 250), each having 300 to 500 records. I need to cut 2 or 3 columns from each file and store it to another one. I\'m using ubuntu OS

Answer 1

If you know that the column delimiter does not occur inside the fields, you can use cut.

$ cat in.csv
foo,bar,baz
qux,quux,quuux
$ cut -d, -f2,3 < in.csv 
bar,baz
quux,quuux

You can use the shell buildin 'for' to loop over all input files.