plugin for python script for notepad++, removes first line item, bet you could use a regex

remove_first_line_item.py

from string import find

def testContents(contents, lineNumber, totalLines):
	index = string.find(contents, " ")
	if(index == -1):
		editor.deleteLine(lineNumber)
		return 0
	else:
		editor.replaceWholeLine(lineNumber, contents[index+1:])

editor.forEachLine(testContents)

separate_trailing_number.py

def separate(line):
	last = line.split()[-1]
	number = []
	for char in reversed(last):
		if char.isdigit():
			number.append(char)
	num_str = "".join(reversed(number))
	rebuilt_line = line.rstrip(num_str)
	return rebuilt_line + " " + num_str