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page_title: chomp function reference
description: The `chomp` function removes newline characters at the end of a string. 
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# `chomp` Function

`chomp` removes newline characters at the end of a string.

This can be useful if, for example, the string was read from a file that has
a newline character at the end.

## Examples

```shell-session
> chomp("hello\n")
hello
> chomp("hello\r\n")
hello
> chomp("hello\n\n")
hello
```

## Related Functions

- [`trimspace`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimspace), which removes all types of whitespace from
  both the start and the end of a string.
