cut: fail when the input == usize::MAX

src/uucore/src/lib/features/ranges.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ impl FromStr for Range {
         fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<usize, &'static str> {
             match s.parse::<usize>() {
                 Ok(0) => Err("fields and positions are numbered from 1"),
+                // GNU fails when we are at the limit. Match their behavior
+                Ok(n) if n >= usize::MAX => Err("byte/character offset is too large"),
                 Ok(n) => Ok(n),
                 Err(_) => Err("failed to parse range"),
             }

tests/by-util/test_cut.rs

@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ fn test_whitespace_with_char() {
         .code_is(1);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_too_large() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-b1-18446744073709551615", "/dev/null"])
+        .fails()
+        .code_is(1);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_specify_delimiter() {
     for param in ["-d", "--delimiter", "--del"] {