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Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 11-26-2013

Limit string length with sed

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Try : something like this $ echo...

Try : something like this

$ echo "123456789101112131415" | sed 's/^.\{5\}//g'
6789101112131415

$ echo "123456789101112131415" | sed 's/^.\{8\}//g'
9101112131415

$ echo...

Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 11-26-2013

Limit string length with sed

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Try this: sed 's/^$.\{144\}$.*/\1/g'...

Try this:

sed 's/^$.\{144\}$.*/\1/g' textfile.txtAnd if you want to learn sed this would be a good place to start:

http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.htmlGood Luck

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