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path split for path

Split a path into a list based on the system's path separator.

Signature

> path split {flags}

Input/output types:

input output
list<string> list<list<string>>
string list<string>

Examples

Split a path into parts

>'/home/viking/spam.txt'|path split
╭───┬──────────╮
│0│/│
│1│home│
│2│viking│
│3│spam.txt│
╰───┴──────────╯

Split paths in list into parts

> [ /home/viking/spam.txt/home/viking/eggs.txt ] |path split
╭───┬──────────────────╮
│0│╭───┬──────────╮│
│││0│/││
│││1│home││
│││2│viking││
│││3│spam.txt││
││╰───┴──────────╯│
│1│╭───┬──────────╮│
│││0│/││
│││1│home││
│││2│viking││
│││3│eggs.txt││
││╰───┴──────────╯│
╰───┴──────────────────╯

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