using sed to get file basedir
A “sed way” of extract the basedir of a given filename like /home/jj/stuffs/and/shit/tasks.txt:
echo /home/jj/stuffs/and/shit/tasks.txt | sed "s/\(.*\)\/.*$/\1/"
Output:
/home/jj/stuffs/and/shit
Written by Felipe Brandão
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