title: Keep only the first 8 characters in a line in notepad++
body: <p>I'm having troubles on keeping the first 8 characters in Notepad++.</p>
  
  <p>I have a list like this :</p>
  
  <pre><code>johndoe2.21test
  markdoetesting.new
  marvin213.jo.hn
  abcd1234.dcba
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I want a output like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>johndoe2
  markdoet
  marvin21
  abcd1234
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can you point me in the right direction ?</p>