A script to delete the X first chars of a .txt file

peet69 · Apr 3, 2011

hello,

im looking for a script or something similar, which deletes the first X (1,2,3 or more, should be configurable) chars of a .txt file.

basically the .txt file looks like this

Code:

1. http://xxxxxxx
2. http://xxxxxxx
.....
123. http://xxxxxxx
.....
8171. http://xxxxxxx

and after using the script it should be only

Code:

http://xxxx

i already tried to google, but did not found anything.

help would be really appreciated, thanks

sensitiveheart_4 · Apr 3, 2011

Im also looking for something like that

cooooookies · Apr 4, 2011

very simple with linux awk / gawk

jkr500 · Apr 4, 2011

you can use excel for this also.

sensitiveheart_4 · Apr 4, 2011

I dont have linux

Any other solution ?

bezopravin · Apr 4, 2011

You can do it easily in Notepad++

Look at this video : http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/2378886-post12.html

Hope this helps...

sensitiveheart_4 · Apr 4, 2011

@bezopravin,

Can i do this with notepad 2 ?

bezopravin · Apr 4, 2011

Nope. Notepad doesn't have that function. You can download Notepad++ for free http://download.tuxfamily.org/notepadplus/5.9/npp.5.9.Installer.exe

sensitiveheart_4 · Apr 4, 2011

thanks alot bud

Autumn · Apr 4, 2011

If you're looking for another option, save this file as edit_text.php and upload it to one of your domains, then go to that url in your browser. It gives you a text box; paste your text into the box and click submit, it will delete everything before the http:// on each line.

Code:

<?php

if($_POST['save'] == 'yes') {
	$text = $_POST['current'];
	$text = explode("\n", $text);
	foreach($text as $line) {
		$line = preg_replace('/.*http/', 'http', $line);
		$output .= "$line\n";
	}

	echo "<pre>
$output
</pre>
";

	exit;
}


echo '<html>
<head>
<title>Edit text</title>
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta name="robots" content="noarchive">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
Post your text in here:<br>
<form action="'. $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] .'" method="post">
<textarea rows="30" cols="110" name="current" wrap="off">
</textarea><br>
<br>
<input type="hidden" name="save" value="yes">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save">
</form>
<br>
</body>
</html>';

?>

blackhit · Apr 4, 2011

There are 2 texteditors that should be in your basic toolkit.
Not only for this specific problem but for all kinds of text manipulation.

Notepad++ (as bezopravin recommended)

and

Textmaster

Code:

http://www.nontube.com/products/text-master/

Both are free.

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