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Remove digits from end of string

I want to remove digits from end of a string.

Example:

 string123
 example545

Output:

string
example
Solution

  • Provided you have no other digits anywhere else in the string you can do:

    echo string123 | sed 's/[0-9]//g'
string

    And only the end of the string:

    echo S1tring123 | sed 's/[0-9]\+$//'
S1tring

    Where $ indicates the end of the line.