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From: steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: extracting "rest of line" in AWK
Message-ID: <63720006@hpl-opus.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 89 23:01:53 GMT
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Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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How about      '{$1=$2=""; print}'  ?

Yes, I admit you get two extra field separators before the "rest".

        Guenter Steinbach                | hplabs!hpl-opus!gunter
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