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page_title: trimsuffix function reference
description: |-
  The `trimsuffix` function removes the specified suffix from the end of a
  given string. 
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# `trimsuffix` Function

`trimsuffix` removes the specified suffix from the end of the given string.

## Examples

```shell-session
> trimsuffix("helloworld", "world")
hello
```

## Related Functions

- [`trim`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trim) removes characters at the start and end of a string.
- [`trimprefix`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimprefix) removes a word from the start of a string.
- [`trimspace`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimspace) removes all types of whitespace from
  both the start and the end of a string.
