trimSuffix

Removes a suffix from the end of a string. If the string does not end with the suffix, it is returned unchanged.

Syntax

trimSuffix(input, suffix)

or chained:

<string>.trimSuffix(suffix)

Arguments

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

• suffix (string) - The suffix to remove.

Examples

Function call

trimSuffix("hello world", " world")
// "hello"

Chained usage

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

No match — string unchanged

"foobar".trimSuffix("xyz")
// "foobar"

CLI usage — strip a file extension

$ echo '{"file": "config.json"}' | dasel -i json 'file.trimSuffix(".json")'
config