#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; foreach () { substr($_,99,10000000,""); print "$_\n"; } __DATA__ 2000/06/19 15:22:13 NIB1_BSX Communications Alarm Critical OMC and equipment Connection broken 2000/06/19 15:22:15 NIB1_MSC Communications Alarm Critical OMC and equipment Connection broken and up 2000/06/19 16:03:25 [1]NIB1_MSC.0.0.3.0 Communications Alarm Minor E1 Port Receive Carrier Loss