Linux command (like cat) to read a specified quantity of characters

Question

Is there a command like cat in linux which can return a specified quantity of characters from a file?

e.g., I have a text file like:

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Answer 1

I know the answer is in reply to a question asked 6 years ago ...

But I was looking for something similar for a few hours and then found out that: cut -c does exactly that, with an added bonus that you could also specify an offset.

cut -c 1-5 will return Hello and cut -c 7-11 will return world. No need for any other command