csvtk unselect range error

[tolot27]

The range selector to "discard 1st to 3rd column" does not work as documented:

echo -e "1,2,3,4,5" | csvtk -H cut -f -1--3
[ERRO] invalid field range: -1--3. start (-1) should be less than end (-3)

It does not matter which numbers are used. It looks like the first dash is treated as the "minus" of the first number rather than as the unselect operater.

Both version 0.25 and 0.26 are affected.

[avilella]

I mentioned this in the past. For me, it works if you change the order of the range to exclude, e.g.:

echo -e "1,2,3,4,5" | csvtk -H cut -f -3--1

Here you exclude 1,2,3, only you are telling it to exclude 3,2,1 instead.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 1:35 PM Mathias Walter @.***> wrote:

The range selector to "discard 1st to 3rd column" does not work as documented:

echo -e "1,2,3,4,5" | csvtk -H cut -f -1--3 [ERRO] invalid field range: -1--3. start (-1) should be less than end (-3)

It does not matter which numbers are used. It looks like the first dash is treated as the "minus" of the first number rather than as the unselect operater.

Both version 0.25 and 0.26 are affected.

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[shenwei356]

Oh, both ways are supported now.

• csvtk_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
• csvtk_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
• csvtk_linux_amd64.tar.gz

$ echo -e "1,2,3,4,5" | csvtk -H cut -f -1--3
4,5
$ echo -e "1,2,3,4,5" | csvtk -H cut -f -3--1
4,5