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

Question

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?

Answer

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.

Accepted Answer

sed 's/^.....//'meansreplace (&#8220;s&#8221;, substitute) beginning-of-line then 5 characters (&#8220;.&#8221;) with nothing.There are more compact or flexible ways to write this using sed or cut.

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