strip_prefixes

# http://www.pearltrees.com/s243a/strip-prefixes-from-ruby-load/id15335221
# http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101911

#!/bin/bash

echo "stripping prefixes" > "`tty`"
echo '$1='"$1"  > "`tty`" # Print to terminal
#for aPath in `read`; do
if [[ ${#2} -gt 0 ]]; then
  for aPath in $2; do
    echo "aPath=$aPath"  > "`tty`" # Print to terminal
    new="${aPath#$1}"
    echo "new=$new"  > "`tty`"   # Print to terminal
    echo "$new" # Write to pipe
  done
else
    while read aPath; do
    #echo "aPath=$aPath"  > "`tty`" # Print to terminal (This doesn't seem to work)
    new="${aPath#$1}"
    #echo "new=$new"  > "`tty`"   # Print to terminal (This doesn't seem to work)
    echo "$new" # Write to pipe
  done
fi