path.Clean

Returns the shortest path name equivalent to the given path, after replacing path separators with slashes (/).

Syntax: path.Clean PATH
Returns: string

See Go’s path.Clean documentation for details.

{{ path.Clean "foo/bar" }} → foo/bar
{{ path.Clean "/foo/bar" }} → /foo/bar
{{ path.Clean "/foo/bar/" }} → /foo/bar
{{ path.Clean "/foo//bar/" }} → /foo/bar
{{ path.Clean "/foo/./bar/" }} → /foo/bar
{{ path.Clean "/foo/../bar/" }} → /bar
{{ path.Clean "/../foo/../bar/" }} → /bar
{{ path.Clean "" }} → .

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