• 4 Apr 2024, 3:52 p.m.

    I have a list of around 700 names in an Excel spreadsheet. Because this list was cut and pasted from a pdf, each entry has a bullet point character in front of it so it looks like this:

    - Russ
    - JimShady
    - tricky
    - noodle
    

    in order to do a de-duplication against a different database I need to remove the bullet character at the beginning of each entry. Is there a simple command that will do that and save me the infuriatingly tedious task of doing each one individually?

  • 4 Apr 2024, 3:54 p.m.

    find and replace " - " with nothing?

  • 4 Apr 2024, 3:55 p.m.

    If it's that simple I'm going to be both delighted and furious.

    Edit: motherfucker it was. Thank you. Now very annoyed at myself.

  • 4 Apr 2024, 7:18 p.m.

    The hours I’ve wasted…..
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