in reply to Removing digits from a string

If that date format is consistent, use substr!

$ perl -E '
> $filename = q{20130101Customer100.imp};
> say $filename;
> substr $filename, 0, 8, q{};
> say $filename;'
20130101Customer100.imp
Customer100.imp
$

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Cheers,

JohnGG

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Re^2: Removing digits from a string
by suneel.reddy (Novice) on Jan 02, 2013 at 08:51 UTC

    Thank you John, thanks a lot...!!! yes - my filename will have a constant format. So,I hope substr works.

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