PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

Before we dive into the recipe, it is important to remember that these method-based operations work in simple situations. Complex operations may require the operators that we discussed. An example for a non-simple situation is when we have to use regular expressions. Follow these steps to complete this recipe:

1. At the Terminal, enter the following code to remove the leading .. Use an assignment operator to modify the contents of the variable:

PS> $LiteralString = $LiteralString.TrimStart('.')

2. Type in the following code to remove the leading as well as trailing slashes:

PS> $LiteralString.TrimStart('/').TrimEnd('/')

3. Can we reduce keystrokes (apart from tab-completion, that is)? Keep assigning the results back to the same ...