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Delete Last Char from first World

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File A.txt

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Abcde12351 Kalel
Abcde12962 Basil
Abcde21653 Fosil

Output B.txt

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Abcde1235 Abcde12351 Kalel
Abcde1296 Acbde12962 Basil
Abcde2165 Acbde21653 Fosil

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Try this:

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awk '{len=length($1); $1=substr($1,1,len-1); print $0   }' inputfile > outputfile

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