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Add or Remove trailing slash in bash
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slash.sh
### Add trailing slash if needed
STR="/i/am/a/path"
length=${#STR}
last_char=${STR:length-1:1}
[[ $last_char != "/" ]] && STR="$STR/"; :
echo "$STR" # => /i/am/a/path/
### Remove trailing slash if given
STR="/i/am/a/path/"
length=${#STR}
last_char=${STR:length-1:1}
[[ $last_char == "/" ]] && STR=${STR:0:length-1}; :
echo "$STR" # => /i/am/a/path
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add slash

STR="${STR%/}/"

remove slash

STR="${STR%/}"

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iforwms commented Nov 2, 2021

add slash

STR="${STR%/}/"

remove slash

STR="${STR%/}"

Nicely done!

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