normpath

normpath(path::AbstractString) -> AbstractString

Normalize a path, removing "." and ".." entries.

Examples

Normalize a file path:
```
julia> normpath("/home/user/../folder/file.txt")
"/home/folder/file.txt"
```
This example normalizes the file path by removing redundant .. entries.
Normalize a directory path:
```
julia> normpath("/home/user/../../folder")
"/folder"
```
It normalizes the directory path by removing redundant .. entries.
Handle paths with no redundant entries:
```
julia> normpath("/home/user/folder/file.txt")
"/home/user/folder/file.txt"
```
If no redundant entries (. or ..) are present in the path, the function returns the same path.

Common mistake example:

julia> normpath("~/Documents/../Downloads")
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching normpath(::String)

In this example, the ~ symbol is used as a shortcut for the home directory, but the normpath function does not support it. Make sure to provide an absolute path or convert the ~ symbol to the actual home directory path before using normpath.

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