in reply to Re^2: Breaking file path into segments
in thread Breaking file path into segments

> you don't have to distribute and maintain additional code

Unless you work on a RedHat based Linux distribution where you need to install the perl-PathTools package. Installing perl-Path-Tiny is comparably complex.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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