Delete the first five characters on any line of a text file in Linux with sed

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Linux Problem Overview

I need a one-liner to remove the first five characters on any line of a text file. How can I do that with sed?

Linux Solutions

Solution 1 - Linux

Use cut:

cut -c6-

This prints each line of the input starting at column 6 (the first column is 1).

Solution 2 - Linux

sed 's/^.....//'

means

replace ("s", substitute) beginning-of-line then 5 characters (".") with nothing.

There are more compact or flexible ways to write this using sed or cut.

Solution 3 - Linux

sed 's/^.\{,5\}//' file.dat

Solution 4 - Linux

awk '{print substr($0,6)}' file
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