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snippets/trim.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+trim() {
+    local var="$*"
+    var="${var#"${var%%[![:space:]]*}"}"   # remove leading whitespace characters
+    var="${var%"${var##*[![:space:]]}"}"   # remove trailing whitespace characters
+    echo -n "$var"
+}
+
+var=" - Hallo Welt - "
+
+echo ""
+echo "   |${var}|"
+
+var="$(trim $var)"
+echo "   |${var}|"
+
+echo ""
+exit 0