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Old 09-29-2006
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any good idea on this?

txt file like this,

1 2 3 4456
a bb c d 3 f e
1 k 32 d m f e
123 m 2 k


every line contains 3 or more columns, all the columns are separated by space, and every column includes 1 to 3 character.

what I wanna do is deleting the first three columns, and keep the rest no matter how long the rest will be, is there a fast way to do this?