Deleting First 10 letters in a line

pyaranoid · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008

Hi,

Could any one of you let me know any simple Unix command for deleting first 10 letters of first line in unix?

Eg: 123456789ABC --Input

ABC--Output

Thanks

Sue

Smiling Dragon · #2 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyaranoid

Could any one of you let me know any simple Unix command for deleting first 10 letters of first line in unix?

Eg: 123456789ABC --Input

ABC--Output

You mean CB? (1-9 is 9 chars, not 10)

Code:

echo "123456789ABC" | sed 's/^..........//'

pyaranoid · #3 (**permalink**) 06-24-2008

Hi,

Thank you. It worked when i use the code provided by you. Suppose if i need to use that code for a file and if i want to replace the input file with the first 10 letters removed, how can i do that?

Thanks

Sue

jim mcnamara · #4 (**permalink**) 06-24-2008

Code:

sed 's/^..........//' inputfile > newfile

pyaranoid · #5 (**permalink**) 06-25-2008

Hi,

If i do like that, i am getting an output file with 0 bytes.

Please adivice me what can be done to resolve this.

Thanks

Sue

pyaranoid · #6 (**permalink**) 06-27-2008

Hi,

The following command gave me the correct results:

cut -c39- In_Put.txt > Out_Put.txt

Thanks Once again,

Sue

tekjunky · #7 (**permalink**) 06-28-2008

Quote:

echo "123456789ABC" > testA && cat testA

My output is:

Quote:

123456789ABC

-----------------------------

Now run:

Quote:

cat testA |sed 's/^..........//' > testB

My output is:

Quote:

BC

in testB

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