In bash, you can remove the last character from a string, line, or word using the following syntax:
string="your_string"
new_string="${string%?}"
The %
operator is used to remove the shortest matching pattern from the end of the string. The ?
pattern matches any single character, so this syntax removes the last character from the string.
For example:
string="hello"
new_string="${string%?}"
echo $new_string
This will output:
hell
If you want to remove a specific character, you can use the following syntax:
string="your_string"
new_string="${string%char}"
Replace char
with the character you want to remove. For example, to remove the o
character from the string hello
, you would run the following command:
string="hello"
new_string="${string%o}"
echo $new_string
This will output:
hell