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Well, the first double quote is not in column #6 but in #7. Simply change the find regex to: ^(.{6})"(.*)" The rest remains the same.

I explain the Perl regular expression posted by Fleggy . ^ ... start each search at beginning of a line. ( ... ) ... first marking group. The string found by the expression inside this marking group is back-referenced with \1 in replace string. .{5} ... any character except newline characters exactl...