>Nano would not help me in such a situation You could regexp replace all '^[a-z]{4}' (or whatever) with ''. Alternatively you could select area and execute '|s

>Nano would not help me in such a situation You could regexp replace all '^[a-z]{4}' (or whatever) with ''. Alternatively you could select area and execute '|sed <whatever>' or '|cut <whatever>'. Advantage: you use the tools you're already familiar with.