# Use the `file` command to see if there are CR/LF terminators (in this case,
# there are not):
$ file data/colours.csv 
data/colours.csv: UTF-8 Unicode text

# Look at the file to find names of fields
$ cat data/colours.csv 
KEY;DE;EN;ES;FI;FR;IT;NL;PL;RO;TR
masterdata_colourcode_1;Weiß;White;Blanco;Valkoinen;Blanc;Bianco;Wit;Biały;Alb;Beyaz
masterdata_colourcode_2;Schwarz;Black;Negro;Musta;Noir;Nero;Zwart;Czarny;Negru;Siyah

# Try (unsuccessfully) to extract a few fields:
$ mlr --csv cut -f KEY,PL,RO data/colours.csv 
(no output)

# Use LF record separator (--rs lf) since the file doesn't have CR/LF line
# endings -- but still unsuccessfully:
$ mlr --csv --rs lf cut -f KEY,PL,RO data/colours.csv 
(only blank lines appear)

# Use XTAB output format to get a sharper picture of where records/fields
# are being split:
$ mlr --icsv --irs lf --oxtab cat data/colours.csv 
KEY;DE;EN;ES;FI;FR;IT;NL;PL;RO;TR masterdata_colourcode_1;Weiß;White;Blanco;Valkoinen;Blanc;Bianco;Wit;Biały;Alb;Beyaz

KEY;DE;EN;ES;FI;FR;IT;NL;PL;RO;TR masterdata_colourcode_2;Schwarz;Black;Negro;Musta;Noir;Nero;Zwart;Czarny;Negru;Siyah

# Using XTAB output format makes it clearer that KEY;DE;...;RO;TR is being
# treated as a single field name in the CSV header, and likewise each
# subsequent line is being treated as a single field value. This is because
# the default field separator is a comma but we have semicolons here.
# Use XTAB again with different field separator (--fs semicolon):
$ mlr --icsv --irs lf --ifs semicolon --oxtab cat data/colours.csv 
KEY masterdata_colourcode_1
DE  Weiß
EN  White
ES  Blanco
FI  Valkoinen
FR  Blanc
IT  Bianco
NL  Wit
PL  Biały
RO  Alb
TR  Beyaz

KEY masterdata_colourcode_2
DE  Schwarz
EN  Black
ES  Negro
FI  Musta
FR  Noir
IT  Nero
NL  Zwart
PL  Czarny
RO  Negru
TR  Siyah

# Using the new field-separator, retry the cut:
$ mlr --csv --rs lf --fs semicolon cut -f KEY,PL,RO data/colours.csv 
KEY;PL;RO
masterdata_colourcode_1;Biały;Alb
masterdata_colourcode_2;Czarny;Negru
