lpath.sh

lpath ()
{
    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
        echo "  E: expected path";
        echo "  lpath shows permissions, user, group for each part of a given path to file or directory (with ls -lad)";
        return 1;
    fi;
    local path=${1#/};
    local oldIFS="$IFS";
    IFS='/';
    local whole='';
    local output='';
    for part in $path;
    do
        whole=$whole/$part;
        output="$output
$(command ls -lad "$whole")";
    done;
    echo "$output" | column -t;
    IFS="$oldIFS"
}