echo `ls -d */ | cut -f 1 -d /` that gets rid of the "/" but then the output is as follows:

e.g. echo `ls -d */ | cut -f 1 -d /` gives

dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5 dir6 etc

if you use it without the echo and it works fine

ls -d */ | cut -f 1 -d /

dir1
dir2
dir3
...
Peace