easy sed question 1

[vodkadrinker]

Sorry probably an easy one.

fileA
\t xxxxx
\t bbbbb

How do I remove the leading "\t" from each line using sed many thanks in advance.

 

[PHV]

t=`/bin/echo "\t\c"`
sed "s!^${t}!!" fileA > fileA.new

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[vodkadrinker]

Many thanks for the fast reply.