trimPrefix

Removes a prefix from the beginning of a string. If the string does not start with the prefix, it is returned unchanged.

Syntax

trimPrefix(input, prefix)

or chained:

<string>.trimPrefix(prefix)

Arguments

• input (string, optional when chained) - The string to trim.

• prefix (string) - The prefix to remove.

Examples

Function call

trimPrefix("hello world", "hello ")
// "world"

Chained usage

"foobar".trimPrefix("foo")
// "bar"

No match — string unchanged

"foobar".trimPrefix("xyz")
// "foobar"

CLI usage — strip a URL prefix

$ echo '{"url": "https://example.com/path"}' | dasel -i json 'url.trimPrefix("https://")'
example.com/path