Cut all characters after last match using SED

Posted on May 19, 2022 by dsg_admin 
# echo "xxx/xxxx/xxxxx/yyy" | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1|'
# echo "xxxx/x/xx/xx/xxxx/x/yyyyy" | sed 's|\(.*\)/.*|\1|'

Output

xxx/xxxx/xxxxx
xxxx/x/xx/xx/xxxx/x
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