Bash command to remove leading zeros from all file names

Question

I have a directory with a bunch of files with names like:

001234.jpg
001235.jpg
004729342.jpg

I want to remove the leading zeros from all file

Answer 1

Try using sed, e.g.:

sed -e 's:^0*::'

Complete loop:

for f in `ls`; do
   mv $f $(echo $f | sed -e 's:^0*::')
done