How to simply combine field separated by a slash

Question

How to simply combine field separated by a slash ?

LIST=("a" "b" "c")
STRING=???

echo $STRING
a/b/c

Please someone help? Thank you.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-09T18:57:33.807

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In BASH you can do:

list=("a" "b" "c")
printf -v str "%s/" "${list[@]}"
str="${str%/}"

Check output:

echo "$str"
a/b/c

Avoid all CAPS variables in BASH.

Alternatively using IFS:

str=$(IFS=/; echo "${list[*]}")

edited Feb 09 '16 at 18:57

answered Feb 09 '16 at 18:52

anubhava

I'm coming back slash at the end : a/b/c/ – Sat Net Feb 09 '16 at 18:58
[Check this working demo](http://ideone.com/pqwZqS) – anubhava Feb 09 '16 at 18:59
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Interestingly, the problem is with me.:-( Thank you.. – Sat Net Feb 09 '16 at 19:04

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