Delete characters until a certain character from string

Question

How can I delete characters from a string until a certain character with bash?

Example:

ananas1kiwi2apple1banana2tree

shall look like

Answer 1

Using pure bash shell parameter expansion.

$ string="ananas1kiwi2apple1banana2tree"
$ newString="${string#*2}"
$ printf "%s\n" "$newString"
apple1banana2tree