Removing leading characters from list

Hi All,

I need to remove the first 17 characters from a list of entries (containing 25 characters each).

I obtain the output from a select statement (mysql), which I then dump into a text file (called: DEVICE_LIST).

The serial number format is as follows (no spaces):

                  ABC200803140415218-XYZ567

Which is:
<CODE>      <DATE>            <TIME>            <SERIAL>
<ABC>      <20080314>      <041521>    <8-XYZ567>

I need to apply this to the DEVICE_LIST (100s of entries) and have the last 8 characters <SERIAL> remain (eg. 8-XYZ567).

What I want to achieve is something like:   cat  DEVICE_LIST  |  sed  -e  's/first 17 chars//g'  >  NEW_LIST

Please assist.

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