sed - how to remove trailing slashes

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I know you can remove trialing slashes using:

#echo "/tmp/one/two/three////" | sed "s,/$,,"
/tmp/one/two/three///

But I want to know how to make it remove all trialing flashes in the front, and in the start, so the end result is:

tmp/one/two/three

Anyone have any idea how to do this with sed?

Thanks!

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echo "/tmp/one/two/three////"  | sed 's#/*$##;s#^/*##'
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sed -e "s,/\+$,," -e "s,^/\+,,"
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sed s'/\[ //'

Am I close? Thanks in advance!

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yes, you're - depending on what your input and the desired output could be.

echo '[foo bar[]]' | sed s'/\[//g'
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Almost, remove the space after the bracket:

sed s'/\[//'

Regards

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I should have realised that :frowning:

Thank you vgersh99 and Franklin52 :slight_smile: