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edited May 28, 2016 at 17:19

With GNU sed :

sed '2,$ s/[^\t]*\t//' file

Portable :

tab=$(printf '\t')
sed '2,$ s/[^'"$tab"']*'"$tab"'//' file

2,$ from the second line to the last line
s/[^\t]*\t// substitute any character except the tab character to the next tab (the first tab) with nothing.

With GNU sed :

sed '2,$ s/[^\t]*\t//' file

Portable :

tab=$(printf '\t')
sed '2,$ s/[^'"$tab"']*'"$tab"'//'

2,$ from the second line to the last line
s/[^\t]*\t// substitute any character except the tab character to the next tab (the first tab) with nothing.

With GNU sed :

sed '2,$ s/[^\t]*\t//' file

Portable :

tab=$(printf '\t')
sed '2,$ s/[^'"$tab"']*'"$tab"'//' file

2,$ from the second line to the last line
s/[^\t]*\t// substitute any character except the tab character to the next tab (the first tab) with nothing.

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answered May 28, 2016 at 17:13

With GNU sed :

sed '2,$ s/[^\t]*\t//' file

Portable :

tab=$(printf '\t')
sed '2,$ s/[^'"$tab"']*'"$tab"'//'

2,$ from the second line to the last line
s/[^\t]*\t// substitute any character except the tab character to the next tab (the first tab) with nothing.