path.Split

Returns the directory and file name components of the given path, split immediately following the final slash, after replacing path separators with slashes (/).

Syntax: path.Split PATH
Returns: paths.DirFile

If there is no slash in the given path, path.Split returns an empty directory, and file set to path. The returned values have the property that path = dir+file.

{{ $dirFile := path.Split "a/news.html" }}
{{ $dirFile.Dir }} → a/
{{ $dirFile.File }} → news.html

{{ $dirFile := path.Split "news.html" }}
{{ $dirFile.Dir }} → "" (empty string)
{{ $dirFile.File }} → news.html

{{ $dirFile := path.Split "a/b/c" }}
{{ $dirFile.Dir }} → a/b/
{{ $dirFile.File }} → c

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