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

[Stephane Chazelas]

2015-04-10 22:11:37 -0500, Peng Yu:
> 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? Thanks.
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9018723/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-remove-trailing-slashes-from-each-parameter
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Try:

dirname -- "$VAR/."

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Stephane