sh-path

I found code I wrote for bash in the past, modified it for the POSIX shell, and added some miscellaneous tests. (Still) experimental implementation. May need more testing.

Functions

See also example.sh

path_dirname

Usage: path_dirname varname pathname
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name

path_dirname ret "/var/tmp/file.txt"
echo "$ret" # => /var/tmp

path_basename

Usage: path_basename varname pathname [suffix]
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name
    suffix: .*, .*.*, .**, .ext (default: NULL)

path_basename ret "/var/tmp/file.txt"
echo "$ret" # => file.txt

path_extname

Usage: path_extname varname pathname [suffix]
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name
    suffix: .*, .*.*, .**, .ext (default: .*)

path_extname ret "/var/tmp/file.txt"
echo "$ret" # => .txt

suffix examples

path_extname ret "/var/tmp/file.tar.gz" .gz
echo "$ret" # => .gz

path_extname ret "/var/tmp/file.tar.gz" .tar.gz
echo "$ret" # => .tar.gz

path_extname ret "/var/tmp/file.tar.gz" ".*.*"
echo "$ret" # => .tar.gz

path_extname ret "/var/tmp/file.tar.gz" ".**"
echo "$ret" # => .tar.gz

path_rootname

Usage: path_rootname varname pathname [suffix]
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name
    suffix: .*, .*.*, .**, .ext (default: .*)

path_rootname ret "/var/tmp/file.txt"
echo "$ret" # => /var/tmp/file

path_normalize

Usage: path_normalize varname pathname [basedir]
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name
    basedir: base directory (default: PWD)

path_normalize ret "/var///tmp/.././file.txt"
echo "$ret" # => /var/file.txt

path_relative

Usage: path_relative varname pathname [basedir]
    varname: variable name
    pathname: path name
    basedir: base directory (default: PWD)

path_relative ret "/var/tmp/file.txt" /var/
echo "$ret" # => ./tmp/file.txt