Deleting the first n characters of a field

I have some data in the following format:

(Script(ID-VG))

I want to be able to remove the "(Script" part at the start of the
field. Does anyone know how to do this?

I know its possible to remove the last n characters of the field
because I can allready do this using the length command.

Thanks in Advance

JAF

$i = substr($i,8)

Joe Farish wrote:

> I have some data in the following format:
>
> (Script(ID-VG))
>
> I want to be able to remove the "(Script" part at the start of the
> field. Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> I know its possible to remove the last n characters of the field
> because I can allready do this using the length command.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> JAF

Joe Farish wrote:

> I have some data in the following format:
>
> (Script(ID-VG))
>
> I want to be able to remove the "(Script" part at the start of the
> field. Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> I know its possible to remove the last n characters of the field
> because I can allready do this using the length command.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> JAF

gawk '{sub(/\([^(]*/,"")}1'

Ed.