How to remove first 16 characters of each line in text file

Question

I am using Notepad++. I have already used some comands like ^..... but it didn't work.

How can I remove first 16 characters from each line?

This is a text line.

ramsandscriptstogetthebestinsightpossibleoutofitisthemostenjoyablepartofmyj

When I replace ^.{16} with an empty string, it gives me this:

lepartofmyj

I only want to remove first 16 characters.

Answer 1

This worked for me (. matches newline must be unchecked)

RegEx: ^.{1,16}(.*)$
Replace: \1

If you want not match lines less than 16 characters, leave them alone, you can use

RegEx: ^.{16}(.*)$
Replace: \1

I tested both expressions against

0123456789abcdefthis
0123456789abcdefis
0123456789abcdefa
0123456789abcdeftest
0123456789abcdef
of
things