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Abbreviated path: keeping first letter of parent dirs
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # Print $PWD where parent directories are abbreviated to their first letters. | |
| # $HOME is replaced with ~. | |
| # Based on: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/26885 | |
| sed -e "s:$HOME:~:" -e 's:\([^/]\)[^/]*/:\1/:g' <<<$PWD | |
| # PWD=/home/me/foo/bar/baz | |
| # => ~/f/b/baz |
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