//util nextpath: initial commit

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diff --git a/util/bin/nextpath b/util/bin/nextpath
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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# nextpath [component...]
+#
+# echo $PATH with the components stripped
+#
+set -euf
+
+pattern="^\\(${1-}$(shift;for i; do echo -n "\\|$i"; done)\\)$"
+
+echo -n "$(echo -n "$PATH" | tr : '\n' | grep -v "$pattern")" | tr '\n' :
+echo