How do I delete the first 9 characters of each line in a file

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Re: How do I delete the first 9 characters of each line in a file by ehdonhon (Curate) on May 20, 2002 at 22:54 UTC
perl -pi.bak -e 's/^.{0,9}//' filename.here Minor tweak per owner - dvergin 2002-05-21	[reply]
Re: How do I delete the first 9 characters of each line in a file by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on May 20, 2002 at 22:58 UTC
The following two methods are equivalent: `perl -lpe 'substr $_, 0, 9, ""' file perl -lpe '$_ = substr $_, 9' file` [download] If you want to edit the file in-place you can add the `-i` switch: `# Edited in-place perl -i -lpe 'substr $_, 0, 9, ""' file # Edited in-place with back-up perl -i.bak -lpe 'substr $_, 0, 9, ""' file` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do I delete the first 9 characters of each line in a file by particle (Vicar) on May 20, 2002 at 22:27 UTC
`perl -lne"print $_=~/.........(.*)/" your files here`	[reply] [d/l]