Delete first two characters of the clipboard?

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  1. Is there a way to delete the first two characters of the system clipboard?

  2. Alternatively, I can use search-replace for my current needs, but it replaces all instances of that text. I would need to replace only the first replace, which I have not figured out either.

The text I am trying to remove is two newlines, that appears at the start of my system clipboard.

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Yes, you can use the Substring of Variable or Clipboard action to delete just the first two characters:

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If you prefer search-replace, you can specify that the search only erase newline characters from the start with regex:

^\R+
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But the simplest solution might just be to use the Trim Whitespace filter:

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I was thinking option #2, but appreciate you sharing the substring and filter methods :slight_smile:

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Thank you! I have settled for the filter method with Trim whitespace and it works great.

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