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 the fields might contain the delimiter, you ought to find a library that can parse CSV files. Typically, general purpose scripting languages will include a CSV module in their standard library.

Ruby:   require 'csv'
Python: import csv
Perl:   use Text::ParseWords;