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slug: "bash-remove-trailing-slash"
title: "Remove Trailing Slash from Variable in Bash"
description: "Strip a trailing slash from a Bash variable with the parameter expansion `${var%/}`. Useful for normalizing paths from arguments or env vars."
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publish_date: "2015-05-13T01:35:52Z"
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# Remove Trailing Slash from Variable in Bash

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<p>Removing the trailing / from $1</p>
<pre class="literal-block">${1%/}
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