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relative_path.sh
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#!/bin/bash
# both $1 and $2 are absolute paths (biginning with /)
# returns $2 relative to $1
source=$1
target=$2
common_part=$source # for now
result="" # for now
while [[ "${target#$common_part}" == "${target}" ]]; do
# no match, means that candidate common part is not correct
# go up one level (reduce common part)
common_part="$(dirname $common_part)"
# and record that we went back, with correct / handling
if [[ -z $result ]]; then
result=".."
else
result="../$result"
fi
done
if [[ $common_part == "/" ]]; then
# special case for root (no common path)
result="$result/"
fi
# since we now have identified the common part,
# compute the non-common part
forward_part="${target#$common_part}"
# and now stick all parts together
if [[ -n $result ]] && [[ -n $forward_part ]]; then
result="$result$forward_part"
elif [[ -n $forward_part ]]; then
# extra slash removal
result="${forward_part:1}"
fi
echo $result