> What were you expecting? That your character ranges in ls would match mine?

I would expect the command to work in any directory. Try a few different directories on your computer and you'll see that it won't work in some of them.

> I would expect the command to work in any directory.

But ... why expect that? That's not what "character ranges" mean.

I mean, I was only trying to clarify that `cut` is not limited to fields only.