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Old 02-12-2009
delete numbers in a filename
I have some files where numbers are part of like
eg 1add1.txt
23sub41.txt etc

I want to remove numbers from the filenames(whereever it may be).

I used echo `ls *.txt | sed -e "s/[0-9]//"`

But its removing first digits like 1add1.txt becomes add1.txt

My intention is to make 1add1.txt to add.txt

ANy scripts
# 2  
Old 02-12-2009
try this

ls *.txt | sed -e "s/[0-9]//g"
# 3  
Old 02-12-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by subin_bala
try this

ls *.txt | sed -e "s/[0-9]//g"
the "g" in above sed command tells sed to match all occurrences
# 4  
Old 02-12-2009
the solution is working perfectly, thanks for the explanation of that also.
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