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Asked: June 3, 20262026-06-03T15:32:49+00:00 2026-06-03T15:32:49+00:00

I have a text file like this abcdefg abcdefg abcdefg abcdefg How to delete

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I have a text file like this

abcdefg
abcdefg
abcdefg
abcdefg

How to delete the first and last two characters from each line with sed? I would like to get the output like this

bcde
bcde
bcde
bcde
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    2026-06-03T15:32:50+00:00Added an answer on June 3, 2026 at 3:32 pm
    sed  's/^.\(.*\)..$/\1/'  file
    

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