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functions	trimprefix - Functions - Configuration Language	docs-funcs-string-trimprefix	The trimprefix function removes the specified prefix from the start of a given string.

trimprefix Function

-> Note: This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and earlier, see 0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax.

trimprefix removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string. If the string does not start with the prefix, the string is returned unchanged.

Examples

> trimprefix("helloworld", "hello")
world

> trimprefix("helloworld", "cat")
helloworld

Related Functions

• trim removes characters at the start and end of a string.
• trimsuffix removes a word from the end of a string.
• trimspace removes all types of whitespace from both the start and the end of a string.