remove strings

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From: Omadawn
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 00:00

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I am trying to write a command that will pull out the first couple of
letters in a text file line so I can sort it numerically and then put them
in. can someone help me w/ the pull out and put back in part. shell script
or awk would be coolest. but just damn near any thing that will work will
do.
omadawn

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Subject: remove strings
Date: 1998/07/22
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