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Remove leading zeros via parameter expansion

to shell osx mac bash unix parameter remove number expansion zero leading trim by jvs on Nov 07, 2008 
# cf. http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1816
i=004555
printf "%s\n" "${i}"
printf "%s\n" "${i#"${i%%[!0]*}"}"

i="${i#"${i%%[!0]*}"}"
printf "%s\n" "${i}"
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