Re: [Help-bash] Best way to remove trailing '/' from a path?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Peng Yu wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Peng Yu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, ${VAR%%+(/)} has been suggested here. But it is not robust if $VAR
> > > is just a bunch of slashes. Does anybody have a robust yet succinct
> > > implementation?
> >
> >
> > ${var%/}
>
> I should have said to remove all trailing slashes.
>
> This does not work for something like x////.

${var%${var##*[!/]}}"

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