strings.trimSuffix does the job for you already

pkg/eve/FileSearch.go

@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func suffixTrim(s, suffix string) string {
-	if strings.HasSuffix(s, suffix) {
-		s = s[:len(s)-len(suffix)]
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
 var filesFound []string
 var filesPotential []string
 var searchPath []string
@@ -24,14 +17,13 @@ func FileSearchUnix() []string {
 	fmt.Println("looking for chat log files..")
 
 	searchPath = append(searchPath, "~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/8500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/EVE/logs/Chatlogs")
-
 	userName, _ := user.Current()
 	homeDir := userName.HomeDir
 
 	for _, d := range searchPath {
 
 		// if has trailing slash, remove it
-		d = suffixTrim(d, "/")
+		d = strings.TrimSuffix(d, "/")
 
 		// do a unix like expansion if the path starts like `~/`
 		if strings.HasPrefix(d, "~/") {
@@ -72,7 +64,7 @@ func PathSearch() []string {
 	for _, d := range searchPath {
 
 		// if has trailing slash, remove it
-		d = suffixTrim(d, "/")
+		d = strings.TrimSuffix(d, "/")
 
 		// do a unix like expansion if the path starts like `~/`
 		if strings.HasPrefix(d, "~/") {