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Ok, but then you were close with your original cut command:

Code:

cut -d: -f2- infile

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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer

Ok, but then you were close with your original cut command:

Code:

cut -d: -f2- infile

hmmm.. -f2- .
yup, I'm learning that now. good stuff.

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