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# 1  
Old 02-28-2008
awk / grep / Prints all columns except the first one
I have the a file with the following data.

File Content.
1249 snf06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD4 MD3
1248 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD12
1250 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F0\ MD8
1241 sns06.3.0 sw code MD5 19
1243 sn06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
12 ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F
129 ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192
139 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
1219 se06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19

I want to remove the first column from that file and my file should look like below.

Can someone help me how to Print all columns except the first one

Output file
----------

snf06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD4 MD3
sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD12
sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F0\ MD8
sns06.3.0 sw code MD5 19
sn06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F
ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192
sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
se06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 02-28-2008
Code:
cut -f2- -d ' ' input_file

# 3  
Old 02-28-2008
What does the hyphen after "-f2" do?
# 4  
Old 02-28-2008
It means: print all the fields (separated by space) starting from 2 and ending at the end of the line.
# 5  
Old 02-28-2008
There are Blank Spaces at the beginning of the file as well
so
cut -f2- -d ' ' file_name doesn't work

My requirement is I dont want the first column and everything after that till the end of the line I would like to see as an output.

so Except $1

awk '{print $2 till end of the line}' filename

File Content.
1249 snf06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD4 MD3
1248 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD12
1250 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F0\ MD8
1241 sns06.3.0 sw code MD5 19
1243 sn06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
12 ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F
129 ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192
139 sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
1219 se06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
# 6  
Old 02-28-2008
Code:
awk '{ for(i=1; i<=NF; i++) {printf("%s ", $i)}
          print $NF
       } ' inputfile > outputfile

# 7  
Old 02-28-2008
There are blank spaces in the beginning of the line and after the end of first column. as shown below <BS> Blank Space
My output file should not contain the first column at all.


File Content.
<BS> <BS> 1249 <BS> snf06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD4 MD3
<BS> <BS> <BS> 1248 <BS> sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F MD12
<BS> <BS><BS> <BS>1250 <BS>sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F0\ MD8
<BS> <BS>1241 <BS>sns06.3.0 sw code MD5 19
<BS> <BS>1243 <BS>sn06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
<BS> <BS>12 <BS>ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192F
<BS> <BS>129 <BS>ss06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 192
<BS> <BS>139 <BS>sns06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
<BS> 1219 <BS>se06.3.0 sw version 1.1 code MD5 19
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