separate file and path in bash?

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00:00 Separate File And Path In Bash?
00:15 Accepted Answer Score 14
00:26 Answer 2 Score 30
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ANSWER 1

Score 30

I would suggest dirname and basename:

for file in `find /my/path -name "*.ext"`
do
    path="$(dirname "$file")"
    onlyfile="$(basename "$file")"
    # ...
done

ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 14

You can't. But you can do them separately.

$ foo=/usr/local/bin/bar
$ echo "${foo##*/}"
bar
$ echo "${foo%/*}"
/usr/local/bin