[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The following Perl one-liner will do what you need
perl -n -e 's/(.{8,8}).(.*)/$1$2/;print ;'

Or more simply as:

perl -pe's/^(.{8})./$1/'



John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you
can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and
in short order.                            -- Larry Wall

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