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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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/