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    James> I need to get the base path of a filename. For example, if
    James> I have "/path/to/some/random/file.ext" I need to trim off
    James> "file.ext" so that I am left with
    James> "/path/to/some/random/". However, the filename could
    James> contain spaces and other odd characters. Any suggestions?

Both basename and dirname should handle spaces fine.

freebie:/tmp 625> mkdir -p "foo bar"/baz
freebie:/tmp 626> touch "foo bar"/baz/boink
freebie:/tmp 627> i="$( basename /tmp/foo\ bar/baz/boink )"
freebie:/tmp 628> print "|$i|"
|boink|
freebie:/tmp 629> i="$( dirname /tmp/foo\ bar/baz/boink )"
freebie:/tmp 630> print "|$i|"
|/tmp/foo bar/baz|

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