Path

• path — Explore and manipulate paths.
• path basename — Get the final component of a path.
• path dirname — Get the parent directory of a path.
• path exists — Check whether a path exists.
• path expand — Try to expand a path to its absolute form.
• path join — Join a structured path or a list of path parts.
• path parse — Convert a path into structured data.
• path relative-to — Express a path as relative to another path.
• path self — Get the absolute path of the script or module containing this command at parse time.
• path split — Split a path into a list based on the system’s path separator.
• path type — Get the type of the object a path refers to (e.g., file, dir, symlink).

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Tips

Intro

path parse splits a path into fields.

"/a/b.txt" | path parse

path basename keeps the file name.

"/a/b.txt" | path basename

Basic

The stem is the name without the extension.

"/a/b.txt" | path parse | get stem

path join adds one more part.

"/a/b" | path join c | path basename

Intermediate

dirname, join, and basename.

"/a/b.txt" | path dirname | path join c | path basename

Take the basename of each path.

["/a/b" "/a/c"] | each {|p| $p | path basename} | length

Advanced

Four steps from a directory to a count.

"/a/b.txt" | path dirname | path basename | str length | math abs