help in deletion part of a line

[Shantanoo Mahajan]

On 23-Oct-07, at 4:11 AM, Gary Kline wrote:

>
> 	Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings
> 	(caight by grep) of the sort:
>
> 	part5.chapter2.text-
>
> 	where "5" and "2" can be any integer below 10?
>
> 	(I know how to delete the *entire* line using ed, but not just
> 	the first part?

$ echo 'part5.chapter2.text-' | tr -d '[0-9]'
part.chapter.text-

$ echo 'part5.chapter2.text-' | sed 's/[0-9]//g'
part.chapter.text-


regards,
shantanoo