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Add or Remove trailing slash in bash
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| ### 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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