SOLVED : Bash remove trailing digits

[mister_v]

Hi,

How can I remove trialing digits from a string ?

this 5
test 556
test5

thank you.

[chris]

You can use

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VARIABLE="test 556";

VARIABLE=${VARIABLE//[0-9]/};

But this will remove all digits not only at the end.

Better is to use sed

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VARIABLE=`echo $VARIABLE | sed -e 's/[0-9]*$//g'`;

[chris]

Thanks that is what I was looking for