path2word

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Using file containing paths as input, output words (file and directory names.)
#
# Written By: Derek Callaway [decal (AT) sdf {D0T} org]
# Last Modified: Mon Dec 18 22:55:17 PST 2017
# Tested On: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
#

if [ ! "$1" ]
 then #
 echo "usage: $0 PATHFILE"
 echo ' PATHFILE location of file containing list of path names to convert to words'

 exit 64
fi

(for s in `cat -- "$1"`
 do echo $s | tr '/' '\n'
done) | sed -r 's![?]+.*$!!g' | sed -r 's![#].*$!!g' | sort -u

exit 0