foamCleanPath

#!/bin/sh
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# Script
#     foamCleanPath
#
# Description
#     Usage: foamCleanPath path [wildcard] .. [wildcard]
#
#     Prints its argument (which should be a ':' separated path)
#     without all
#         - duplicate elements
#         - non-accessible directories
#         - elements whose start matches a wildcard
#
#     Note:
#         - this routine will fail when directories have embedded spaces
#         - false matches possible if a wildcard contains '.' (sed regex)
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if [ "$#" -lt 1 -o "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]
then
   cat <<USAGE 1>&2
Usage: ${0##*/} path [wildcard] .. [wildcard]

    Prints its argument (which should be a ':' separated list) cleansed from
      - duplicate elements
      - non-accessible directories
      - elements whose start matches one of the wildcard(s)
USAGE
   exit 1
fi

dirList="$1"
shift

##DEBUG echo "input>$dirList<" 1>&2

# preserve current IFS and split on whitespace
oldIFS="$IFS"
IFS=' '

# "wildcard1 ... wildcardN" may have been passed as a single parameter
set -- $*

# strip out wildcards via sed
while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]
do
    wildcard=$1
    shift
    ##DEBUG echo "remove>$wildcard<" 1>&2
    dirList=`echo "$dirList" | sed -e "s@${wildcard}[^:]*:@@g"`
done

# split on ':' (and on space as well to avoid any surprises)
IFS=': '
set -- $dirList

##DEBUG echo "intermediate>$dirList<" 1>&2

# rebuild the list from scratch
unset dirList
for dir
do
    ##DEBUG echo "check>$dir<" 1>&2
    #- dirs must exist
    if [ -e "$dir" ]
    then
        #- no duplicate dirs
        duplicate=`echo " $dirList " | sed -ne "s@ $dir @DUP@p"`

        if [ ! "$duplicate" ]
        then
            dirList="$dirList $dir"
        fi
    fi
done

# parse on whitespace
IFS=' '
set -- $dirList

# join on ':'
IFS=':'
dirList="$*"

# restore IFS
IFS="$oldIFS"

##DEBUG echo "output>$dirList<" 1>&2
echo "$dirList"

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