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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Trim String in 3rd Column in Tab Delimited File...SED/PERL/AWK? Post 302241179 by Franklin52 on Sunday 28th of September 2008 04:49:06 PM
Old 09-28-2008
Try this:

Code:
awk 'NR==1{print;next}{$3=substr($3,4)}1' OFS="\t" file > newfile
mv newfile > file

Examine the output of newfile before you replace the original file.

Regards
 

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