What is the simplest way to remove a trailing slash from each parameter?

Question

What is the simplest way to remove a trailing slash from each parameter in the \'$@\' array, so that rsync copies the directories by name?

rsync -a         


        

Answer 1

realpath resolves given path. Among other things it also removes trailing slashes. Use -s to prevent following simlinks

DIR=/tmp/a///
echo $(realpath -s $DIR)
# output: /tmp/a