short_names: Shorten filenames

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Shorten filenames

Description

Helper functions that make the paths to a file shorter.

Usage

drop_path(x, ...)

drop_extension(x, ...)

short_names(x, ...)

Arguments

x	An object of class fnames or a character vector.
...	Additional arguments.

Value

An object of the same class as x.

Functions

• drop_path(): Extract the base name of a path, removing the paths leading to it.

• drop_extension(): Remove extension from a filename.

• short_names(): Remove both paths leading to a file and its extension.

Examples

cwd_fnames <- as_fnames(c("folder/file1.txt", "folder/file2.txt", "folder/file3.txt"))
drop_path(cwd_fnames)
drop_extension(cwd_fnames)
short_names(cwd_fnames) # same as drop_path(drop_extension(cwd_fnames))

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