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Trim Right

Trim spaces from the end of a string via "FOR" command.

Description: Trimming spaces at the end of a variable seems a little tricky. The following example shows how to use a FOR loop to trim up to 31 spaces from the end of a string. It assumes that Delayed Expansion is enabled.

Script:

1. 2. 3. 4. set str=15 Trailing Spaces to truncate &rem echo."%str%" for /l %%a in (1,1,31) do if "!str:~-1!"==" " set str=!str:~0,-1! echo."%str%"

Script Output:

Script Output

"15 Trailing Spaces to truncate               "
"15 Trailing Spaces to truncate"