#!/bin/bash
#
#   rabbit script
#       This script demonstrates the use of Bash's pattern matching operations.
#       When ran without options it uses '/this/is/the/path/to/mr.rabbits.house'
#       Or it will perform the same operations on any path passed to it.
#
#   Usage: rabbit [an absolute pathname]
#
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
  echo " "
  echo "          \$mypath=\"/this/is/the/path/to/mr.rabits.house\" "
  mypath="/this/is/the/path/to/mr.rabits.house"
  echo " "
  echo "\${mypath##/*/}:                         ${mypath##/*/}"
  echo "\${mypath#/*/}:           ${mypath#/*/}" 
  echo "\${mypath}:         ${mypath}"
  echo "\${mypath%.*}:      ${mypath%.*}"
  echo "\${mypath%%.*}:     ${mypath%%.*}"
  echo "\${mypath/th/TH}:   ${mypath/th/TH}"
  echo "\${mypath//th/TH}:  ${mypath//th/TH}"
  echo " "
else
  echo " "
  echo "          \$1=$1"
  echo " "
  echo "\${1##/*/}:    ${1##/*/}"
  echo "\${1#/*/}:     ${1#/*/}" 
  echo "\${1}:         ${1}"
  echo "\${1%.*}:      ${1%.*}"
  echo "\${1%%.*}:     ${1%%.*}"
  echo "\${1/th/TH}:   ${1/th/TH}"
  echo "\${1//th/TH}:  ${1//th/TH}"
  echo " "
fi