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Old 06-26-2009
Help need to cut the first word of a line in text file
Hi All,



I would like help with a script which can get rid of the first work of all lines in text file.

File 1

The name is Scott.

Output : name is Scott

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Hi ALL

There is typo error in my previous post.

I would like help with a script which can get rid of the first word of all lines in text file.
# 2  
Old 06-26-2009
Hi.

You could try

Code:
cut -d" " -f2- file

# 3  
Old 06-27-2009
Using regexp, replace using nothing start of line all those chars which are not space.
Example done using sed.
Code:
sed "s/^[^ ]* //" file

# 4  
Old 06-27-2009
use search -- related thread

the above might be useful.
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